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CSF CHEMISTRY WITH OLIGOCLONAL BANDS - OLI
OLI
Analytes/procedures in bold type are regulated for proficiency testing by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
Analyte
Challenges per Shipment
Number of Shipments
Albumin, quantitative
3
Two shipments per year
Electrophoresis (albumin and gamma globulin)
3
Glucose
3
IgG, quantitative
3
Lactate
3
Lactate dehydrogenase (LD)
3
Protein, total
3
Oligoclonal bands
3
Program Information
Three 5.0‑mL simulated liquid spinal fluid specimens and three 1.0‑mL paired serum specimens; CSF IgG index and synthesis rate calculation challenges for each paired specimen and one online educational pattern interpretation each mailing