Test Directory

Specific IgE

Containers - Adult

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Sarstedt Monovette Serum Gel Tube (Brown Cap)
Volume Range

​4.9mls

Additive per Container

​Clotting activator/gel

Containers - Child

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Sarstedt Monovette Serum Gel Tube (Brown Cap)
Volume Range

​4.9ml

Additive per Container

​Clotting activator/gel

Reference ranges

​Normal Range

<0.35 kUA/L No specific IgE antibody detected
0.35 – 0.70 kUA/L Low level
0.70 – 3.50 kUA/L Moderate level
3.50 – 17.5 kUA/L High level
17.5 – 100 kUA/L Very high Level
Above 100 kUA/L Extremely high level

Laboratory Site

RIE
51 Little France Crescent
Old Dalkeith Road
Edinburgh
EH16 4SA
Telephone: 0131 536 1000

How to request

​Trak, ICE, Clinical Immunology request form.

Availability

Normal working hours 9am-5pm Mon-Fri.

Anticipated turnaround

21 Days

What happens if the result is positive or abnormal

Reviewed and authorised by Consultant Immunologist.

General additional information

The following allergens can be tested for:
 
House dust mite
Egg white
Pork - Not available at the moment
Cow’s milk
Wheat
Cod
Coconut
Sesame 
Tuna
Peanut 
Soya
Salmon
Hazelnut
Brazil nut
Almond 
Crab
Shrimp
Gluten
Kiwi
Melon 
Banana
Pecan
Cashew
Pistachio
Lentil - Not accredited
Walnut
Pine nut
Honeybee venom
Common Wasp Venom 
Horse dander
Dog dander
Cat dander
Rape seed pollen
Penicilloyl G
Penicilloyl V
Ampicilloyl
Amoxicilloyl
Suxamethonium 
Latex
Mouse epithelium
 
Mouse Urine 
Rat epithelium
Rat urine
Aspergillus
Blue mussel
Omega-5-gliadin
 
 
 
 
Mixed Animal (cat, dog, horse & cow dander)
Mixed Grass Pollen (sweet vernal, rye, timothy, cultivated rye & velvet grass)
Mixed Nuts (peacan, cashew, pistachio & walnut)
Mixed Nuts (peanut, hazelnut, brazil nut, almond & coconut)
Mixed Fish (cod, shrimp, bluemussel, tuna & salmon)
Mixed Rodent (guinea pig, rabbit, hamster, rat & mouse)
Mixed Feathers (goose, chicken, duck & turkey)
Mixed Feather (budgerigar, canary, parakeet, parrot & finch)
Mixed Tree Pollen (Box-elder, silver birch, oak, elm & walnut)
Mixed Moulds (Penicillium notatum, Cladosporium herbarum, Aspergillus fumigatus & Alternaria alterata)