Specimen Required

Specimen Type: Plasma

Collection Container/Tube: EDTA (lavender or pink top)

Submission Container/Tube: Plastic vial

Specimen Volume: 2 mL Plasma

Collection Instructions:

1.Centrifuge and aliquot 2 mL plasma into a plastic vial.

2. Send frozen.

Required:

1. Viral Load

2. Viral Load Date

Note: This test may be unsuccessful if the HBV Viral load is less than log 3.0 or 1000 IU/mL of plasma.