Inhibin-B, ELISA

Label Mnemonic:	INHIBB
Epic code:	LAB3422
Downtime form:	Doctor/Provider Orders - Pathology Core and Specialty Care Nursery

Commercial Mailout Laboratory
6240-8 RCP
356-8593

Specimen(s):

Serum

Specimen Instructions:

Patient Prep: For premenopausal females, collection is preferred during the follicular phase of the menstrual cycle.

Collection Medium:

Red top tube 5 mL (Clot Activator)

Minimum:

Preferred Minimum: 0.5 mL serum
Absolute Minimum: 0.3 mL serum

Rejection Criteria:

Room temperature specimens. Grossly hemolyzed specimens. Plasma.

Delivery Instructions:

Submit specimen to laboratory as soon as possible after collection period is completed.

Turn Around Time:

1–8 days upon receipt at reference laboratory.

Reference Range:

Effective February 16, 2021
Males
 <15 days: 68-373 pg/mL
  15 days-6 months: 42-516 pg/mL
   7 months-7 years: 24-300 pg/mL
   8-30 years: 47-383 pg/mL
  31-72 years: 10-357 pg/mL

Females
  1 day-12 years: 1-182 pg/mL
  13-41 years (regular cycle, follicular phase): 8-223 pg/mL
  42-51 years (regular cycle, follicular phase): 1-107 pg/mL
  51-76 years (postmenopausal): 1-11 pg/mL

Interpretive Data:

This test is performed using the Beckman Coulter Inhibin B ELISA kit. Values obtained with different methodologies or kits cannot be used interchangeably.

Methodology:

Quantitative Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay

CPT Code:

83520