Specimen Requirements

Title

PANCREATIC ELASTASE 1

Specimen Requirement

Send 1.0 g stool (0.3 g minimum) refrigerated in an IATA-approved screw-capped plastic container. Do not add fixative or preservative.

Rejection Criteria

Formalin SAF, PVA or Carey-Blair transport medium.

Methodology

Immunoassay

Stability

Room Temperature: 7 days; Refrigerated: 7 days; Frozen: 1 year

Reference Range

By Report*

Turnaround

4-6 Days

Clinical Use

Test Code

PANEQ