Anti-Myelin Associated Glycoprotein, Blood (Referred Out) - Saskatoon

Overview

Description

Test ordering requirements

Forms required

• Copy of requisition MUST accompany specimen to SPH laboratory
• Fill in the ‘Other tests’ location on the Acute Care Phlebotomy Requisition Form # 101062 or the Community Lab Requisition Form #101064
• Mitogen Advanced Diagnostics Laboratory Out of Province Requisition Form

Specimen Information

Specimen types accepted

• Serum

Specimen collection container

• Preferred collection container: Gold (gel) 

• Alternative collection container: Red (non-gel)

   

Required volume

• Optimal Volume: Full 5.0 mL collection tube
• Minimum Volume: 1.0 mL
  • (Submitting the minimum volume makes it impossible to repeat the test or perform confirmatory/reflex testing. In some situations, a minimum volume may require a second collection
     

Rejection criteria

• Specimens received where the collection protocols were not followed
• Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Acceptance and Rejection Criteria

Performance

Days/times performed

Availability	Shipped Tuesdays and Thursdays 7 day turnaround time once received at testing laboratory
Testing site	Referred out by St. Paul’s Hospital Laboratory to Mitogen Advanced Diagnostics Laboratory (Calgary, AB)

 

Maximum laboratory time

Results reporting

• 7 day turnaround time once received at testing laboratory
• Shipped Tuesdays

Last Updated: January 9, 2026