Hepatitis B envelope Antigen (Anti-HBeAg) Blood - Saskatoon

Overview

Description

Ordering recommendations

• See RRPL Compendium of Tests webpage to ensure specimen and requisition requirements are met prior to collection.

Test Ordering Requirements

Forms Required

• Acute Care Phlebotomy Requisition 101062 or

• Community Phlebotomy Requisition 101064

Alias

• Hepatitis Be Antigen
• Hepatitis Be Ag
• Antigen to Hepatitis Be Antibody

Specimen Information

Specimen types accepted

• Serum

Specimen collection container

• Preferred Collection Container: Gold (gel)
• Alternative Collection Container: Red (non-gel)

Required volume

• Optimal Volume: 5.0 mL full collection tube

• Minimum Volume: 1 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)

Transport and stability

• Refrigerate if blood cannot be transported or separated immediately
• Serum must be removed from cells (red) or spun (gel) within six (6) hours of collection
• Refrigerate serum up to 72 hours
• After 72 hours, freeze serum at -10°C or colder

Rejection criteria

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

Testing Information

Relevant clinical history

• Test will only be performed on patients with a history of being HBsAg positive.

Clinical interpretation

• See RRPL Compendium of Tests webpage

Performance

Days/times performed

Availability	Shipped daily Monday to Sunday
Testing Site	Referred out by St. Paul’s Hospital Laboratory to Roy Romanow Provincial Laboratory

 

Maximum laboratory time

Results reporting

• See RRPL Compendium of Tests webpage

Last Updated: February 11, 2026