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Laboratory Medicine

Test catalogue

Ant-Mitchondrial Antibodies (AMA)

Test Name

Ant-Mitchondrial Antibodies (AMA)

Gold Tube Specimen Type / Requirements

Container Type = 1 Gold Top (SST)

Minimum Testing Volume = 1 ml serum

Tube must fill to at least ½ or greater of its vacuum capacity

Specimen Handling

Collection Instructions: Serum collected with or without gel separator serum. Write your initials, date and time of collection on the collection label.

Special Instructions Specimen must be labelled properly. Seperate as soon and possible and send refrigrated

Rejection Criteria: Grossly hemolyzed, lipemic, Unlabeled or Not Sufficient Quantity Samples will be rejected.

Stability: Stable refrigerated at 2-8°C for 14 days and frozen at or below -20°C for one year.

Transportation: Send sample to core lab as soon as possible.

Required Documentation

Turnaround Time (TAT)

7 Days

Test Utilization

Reference Value

Negative at 1:100 titre.

Test Code

AMA

Methodology

Indirect Immunofluorescence

Testing Location

SJHC Immunology Lab

Other Information

Last Updated: Oct 5, 2026