Department

Immunology
Local code : ENAS

Preferred Sample Type

ENA Antibody (Extractable Nuclear Antigens): RO (SS-A)

Suitable Specimen Types

  • Serum
5-10 mL

Sample Processing in Laboratory

Usual

Sample Preparation

Usual

Turnaround Time

5 days

Sample Stability

Stored at 4oC

 

ENA Antibody (Extractable Nuclear Antigens): RO (SS-A)

General Information

Ro and La are a heterogeneous antigenic complex made up of 52 kDa Ro, 60 kDa Ro and four small RNA particles . Anti-Ro are the most common ENA specificity amongst autoimmune diseases. They can be seen in Sjogren's syndrome, SLE, cutaneous lupus erythematosus, neonatal lupus and primary biliary cirrhosis

Patient Preparation

None

Notes

None Given

Reference Range

Negative

Specifications

  • EQA Scheme?: Yes
  • EQA Status:

    NEQAS eqa scheme for nuclear and related antigens

Date Record Created

Monday, 08 August 2011

Date last updated

Thursday, 05 March 2020

Review Date

Saturday, 29 June 2024

Location of Laboratories

Patient Information

General Information

The laboratories at Heartlands Hospital, Good Hope Hospital and Solihull Hospital form part of the services provided by University Hospitals Birmingham and are UKAS (United Kingdom Accreditation Service) accredited to the ISO 15189:2012 standard. For a list of accredited tests and other information please visit the UKAS website using the following link: https://www.ukas.com/find-an-organisation/

  • Heartlands, Good Hope and Solihull Hospital pathology laboratories are a UKAS accredited medical laboratory No.8217
  • United Kingdom Health Security Agency laboratory is a UKAS accredited medical laboratory No.8213

Tests not appearing on the UKAS Schedule of Accreditation currently remain outside of our scope of accreditation. However, these tests have been validated to the same high standard as accredited tests and are performed by the same trained and competent staff.

For further test information, please visit the test database: http://www.heftpathology.com/frontpage/test-database.html.

Protection of personal information - Laboratory Medicine comply with the Trust Data Protection policy and have procedures in place to allow the Directorate and its employees to comply with the Data Protection act  1998 and associated best practice and guidance.

For further information contact Louise Fallon, Quality Manager, 0121 424 1235

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