Suppose Your Laboratory Uses a Sandwich Immunoassay to Measure a Specific

Multiple Choice

Suppose your laboratory uses a sandwich immunoassay to measure a specific hormone.Following release of a patient's results, the physician questioned the results because they did not match with the patient's symptoms; the results appear falsely elevated.What steps should be taken to evaluate the physician's concerns?

A) Rerun the assay on the original patient sample specimen with fresh reagent.
B) Pre-incubate the patient sample with non-immune globulins before running the sandwich immunoassay.
C) Rerun the assay with fresh controls.
D) Decrease the temperature of the reaction to decrease the results to a more suitable level.