Special Communication
Changes to Allergen Testing
Effective January 4, 2018
Individual Allergen Tests
Required volume:
Increase to 0.5 mL
Minimum volume:
Increase to 0.3 mL
Submitting minimum volume will not allow for repeat testing or add-ons.
Multiple Allergen Tests
Each additional allergen will require 50 µL more volume than the required/minimum volumes listed.
Allergen Panels
Specific required and minimum volumes will vary depending upon the number of allergens included in the panel. Please refer to the tables below.
Specimen Collection
Alternate Specimen Type
Plasma
Collection Container
Lavender BD Hemogard™ K2EDTA Tube
Serum from a plain clot activator tube with no additive (red) will no longer be accepted.
Specimen Stability
Ambient:
1 day
Refrigerated:
7 days
Frozen:
14 days
New Individual Allergen Volume Requirements
Test Name
Mnemonic
Specimen Volume
Acremonium kiliense
Almond
Alternaria tenuis (alternata)
Amoxicilloyl
Ampicilloyl
Apple
Aspergillus fumigatus
Aspergillus nra
Aureobasidium pullulans
Australian Pine
Avocado
CACREM
ALMOND
ATENS
MOXCIL
AMPCIL
APPLES
AFUMIG
ASPNI
AUREO
APINE
AVOCAD
Required Volume: 0.5 mL
Minimum Volume: 0.3 mL
Test Name
Mnemonic
Specimen Volume
Bahia Grass
Banana
Barley
Basil
Beech
Beef
Bermuda Grass
Birch Tree
Black Pepper
Blue Mussel
Blueberry
Box Elder (Maple) Tree
Brazil Nut
Broccoli
Buckwheat
BAHIA
BNANA
BARLEY
BASIL
BEECH
BEEFMT
BRMUDA
BIRCHT
BLAPEP
BLUMUS
BLUBRY
BELDR
BRAZIL
BROCCI
BUKWHT
Required Volume: 0.5 mL
Minimum Volume: 0.3 mL
Test Name
Mnemonic
Specimen Volume
Cabbage
Cacao (Chocolate)
Carrot
Casein
Cashew Nut
Cat Dander
Catfish
Celery
Cheese Cheddar Type
Cheese Mold Type
Cherry
Chestnut
Chick Pea
Chicken Feathers
Chicken Meat
Chili Pepper
Cinnamon
Cladosporium herbarum (Hormodendrum)
Clam
Cocklebur
Cockroach
Coconut
Codfish
Coffee
Corn
Cottonwood Tree
Cow Epithelium (Dander)
Cow’s Milk
Crab
Cucumber
CABBAG
CACAO
CARROT
MCASIN
CASHEW
CATDND
CTFISH
CELERY
CHEDCH
MLDCHS
CHERRY
CHESNT
CPEA
CHCKF
CHCKN
CHILI
CINAMN
CHERB
CLAM
COKBUR
CROACH
COCNUT
CODFSH
COFFEE
CORNS
COTTWD
COWEPI
MILKC
CRAB
CUCUM
Required Volume: 0.5 mL
Minimum Volume: 0.3 mL
Test Name
Mnemonic
Specimen Volume
Dandelion
Dermatophagoides farinae
Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus
Dog Dander
Duck Feathers
DELION
DFARN
DPTERN
K9DND
DUCKFR
Required Volume: 0.5 mL
Minimum Volume: 0.3 mL
Test Name
Mnemonic
Specimen Volume
Egg White
Egg Yolk
Elm Tree
English Plantain (Ribwort)
Epicoccum purpurascens
EGGWHT
EGYOLK
ELM
ENGPLT
EPIP
Required Volume: 0.5 mL
Minimum Volume: 0.3 mL
Test Name
Mnemonic
Specimen Volume
False Ragweed
Feather Mix
Firebush (Kocia)
Flounder
Fusarium proliferatum
FSRAG
FETHMX
FIRBSH
FLOUND
FUSAR
Required Volume: 0.5 mL
Minimum Volume: 0.3 mL
Test Name
Mnemonic
Specimen Volume
Garlic
Gelatin
Giant Ragweed
Gluten
Goldenrod
Goose Feathers
Grape
Grapefruit
Green Bean
Guinea Pig Epithelium
GARLIC
GELATN
GRAGWD
GLUTEN
GOLDRD
GOOSEF
GRAPE
GRAFRU
GRBEAN
GPIG
Required Volume: 0.5 mL
Minimum Volume: 0.3 mL
Test Name
Mnemonic
Specimen Volume
Halibut
Hamster Epithelium
Hazel Nut
Helminthosporium halodes
Hickory/Pecan Tree
Honeybee
Horse Dander
House Dust (Greer)
House Dust (Hollister-Stier)
HALIBT
HMSTR
HAZEL
HELMIN
HIKPEC
HONBEE
HORSE
DUSTG
DUST
Required Volume: 0.5 mL
Minimum Volume: 0.3 mL
Test Name
Mnemonic
Specimen Volume
Japanese Cedar
Johnson Grass
June Grass (Kentucky Blue, Meadow)
JAPCED
JONSON
JUNEGR
Required Volume: 0.5 mL
Minimum Volume: 0.3 mL
Test Name
Mnemonic
Specimen Volume
Kidney Bean
Kiwi
KDBEAN
KIWI
Required Volume: 0.5 mL
Minimum Volume: 0.3 mL
Test Name
Mnemonic
Specimen Volume
Lamb’s Quarters (Goosefoot)
Latex
Lemon
Lentil
Lettuce
Lime
Linseed
Lobster
LAMBQU
LATEXA
LEMON
LENTIL
LETUCE
LIME
LINSED
LOBSTR
Required Volume: 0.5 mL
Minimum Volume: 0.3 mL
Test Name
Mnemonic
Specimen Volume
Macadamia Nut
Mackerel
Malt
Mango
Meadow Fescue
Melaleuca (Cajeput) Tree
Melon
Mountain Juniper
Mouse Epithelium
Mouse Proteins
Mucor racemosus
Mugwort
Mulberry
Mushroom
Mustard
MACADA
MACKEL
MLTIGE
MANGO
MFESCU
MLALUC
MELON
MTJUNI
MOUEPI
MOUSE
MUCOR
MUGWRT
MULBRY
MUSHRM
MUSTD
Required Volume: 0.5 mL
Minimum Volume: 0.3 mL
Test Name
Mnemonic
Specimen Volume
Nettle
NETTLE
Required Volume: 0.5 mL
Minimum Volume: 0.3 mL
Test Name
Mnemonic
Specimen Volume
Oak Tree
Oat
Onion
Orange
Orchard Grass
Oyster
OAK
OAT
ONIONS
ORNGE
ORCHRD
OYSTER
Required Volume: 0.5 mL
Minimum Volume: 0.3 mL
Test Name
Mnemonic
Specimen Volume
Paper Wasp
Parsley
Pea
Peach
Peanut
Pear
Pecan Nut
Penicillins
Penicillium chrysogenum
Penicilloyl G
Penicilloyl V
Pigweed
Pine Nut
Pineapple
Pistachio
Plum
Poppy Seed
Pork
Potato
Pumpkin Seed
PAWASP
PARSLY
PEES
PEACH
PEANUT
PEARS
PECAN
PENCLS
PNOTAT
PENG
PENV
PGWEED
PINENT
PINEAP
PISTAC
PLUMM
POPSED
PORK
POTATO
PUMKSD
Required Volume: 0.5 mL
Minimum Volume: 0.3 mL
Test Name
Mnemonic
Specimen Volume
Rabbit Epithelium
Raspberry
Red Dye
Redtop Grass
Rhizopus nigricans
Rice
Rough Marshelder
Russian Thistle
Rye Grass
Rye
RABEPI
RASPBY
REDDYE
REDTOP
RHIZOP
RICE
RMELDR
THISTL
RYEGRS
RYE
Required Volume: 0.5 mL
Minimum Volume: 0.3 mL
Test Name
Mnemonic
Specimen Volume
Salmon
Scallop
Screen
Sesame Seed
Sheep Epithelium
Sheep Sorrel
Short (Common) Ragweed
Shrimp
Sole
Soybean
Squid
Stemphylium herbarum
Strawberry
Sunflower Seed
Sweet Gum
Sweet Potato
Sweet Vernal Grass
Sycamore Tree
SMON
SCALOP
SCR
SESAME
SHEEP
SORREL
SRAGWD
SHRIMP
SOLE
SOYBN
SQUID
SBOTRY
STRBRY
SUNFLR
SWEGUM
SWEPOT
SWVERN
SYCMOR
Required Volume: 0.5 mL
Minimum Volume: 0.3 mL
Test Name
Mnemonic
Specimen Volume
Tilapia
Timothy Grass
Tomato
Trichophyton rubrum
Trout
Tuna
Turkey
TILAPI
TIMTHY
TOMATO
RUBRUM
TROUT
TUNA
TURKEY
Required Volume: 0.5 mL
Minimum Volume: 0.3 mL
Test Name
Mnemonic
Specimen Volume
Vanilla
VANILA
Required Volume: 0.5 mL
Minimum Volume: 0.3 mL
Test Name
Mnemonic
Specimen Volume
Walnut
Walnut Tree
Watermelon
Wheat
Whey
White Ash Tree
White Bean
White Faced Hornet
White Hickory
White Pine Tree
Whitefish
Whole Egg
Willow Tree
WALNUT
WNUTTR
WATMEL
WHEAT
MWHEY
WHTASH
WTBEAN
WHORNT
WHICK
WTPINE
WHIFSH
WHOEGG
WILLOW
Required Volume: 0.5 mL
Minimum Volume: 0.3 mL
Test Name
Mnemonic
Specimen Volume
Yeast
Yellow Hornet
Yellow Jacket (Common Wasp)
BYEAST
YLHORN
YELJAK
Required Volume: 0.5 mL
Minimum Volume: 0.3 mL
Test Name
Mnemonic
Acremonium kiliense
Almond
Alternaria tenuis (alternata)
Amoxicilloyl
Ampicilloyl
Apple
Aspergillus fumigatus
Aspergillus nra
Aureobasidium pullulans
Australian Pine
Avocado
Bahia Grass
Banana
Barley
Basil
Beech
Beef
Bermuda Grass
Birch Tree
Black Pepper
Blue Mussel
Blueberry
Box Elder (Maple) Tree
Brazil Nut
Broccoli
Buckwheat
Cabbage
Cacao (Chocolate)
Carrot
Casein
Cashew Nut
Cat Dander
Catfish
Celery
Cheese Cheddar Type
Cheese Mold Type
Cherry
Chestnut
Chick Pea
Chicken Feathers
Chicken Meat
Chili Pepper
Cinnamon
Cladosporium herbarum (Hormodendrum)
Clam
Cocklebur
Cockroach
Coconut
Codfish
Coffee
Corn
Cottonwood Tree
Cow Epithelium (Dander)
Cow’s Milk
Crab
Cucumber
Dandelion
Dermatophagoides farinae
Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus
Dog Dander
Duck Feathers
Egg White
Egg Yolk
Elm Tree
English Plantain (Ribwort)
Epicoccum purpurascens
False Ragweed
Feather Mix
Firebush (Kocia)
Flounder
Fusarium proliferatum
Garlic
Gelatin
Giant Ragweed
Gluten
Goldenrod
Goose Feathers
Grape
Grapefruit
Green Bean
Guinea Pig Epithelium
Halibut
Hamster Epithelium
Hazel Nut
Helminthosporium halodes
Hickory/Pecan Tree
Honeybee
Horse Dander
House Dust (Greer)
House Dust (Hollister-Stier)
Japanese Cedar
Johnson Grass
June Grass (Kentucky Blue, Meadow)
Kidney Bean
Kiwi
Lamb’s Quarters (Goosefoot)
Latex
Lemon
Lentil
Lettuce
Lime
Linseed
Lobster
Macadamia Nut
Mackerel
Malt
Mango
Meadow Fescue
Melaleuca (Cajeput) Tree
Melon
Mountain Juniper
Mouse Epithelium
Mouse Proteins
Mucor racemosus
Mugwort
Mulberry
Mushroom
Mustard
Nettle
Oak Tree
Oat
Onion
Orange
Orchard Grass
Oyster
Paper Wasp
Parsley
Pea
Peach
Peanut
Pear
Pecan Nut
Penicillins
Penicillium chrysogenum
Penicilloyl G
Penicilloyl V
Pigweed
Pine Nut
Pineapple
Pistachio
Plum
Poppy Seed
Pork
Potato
Pumpkin Seed
Rabbit Epithelium
Raspberry
Red Dye
Redtop Grass
Rhizopus nigricans
Rice
Rough Marshelder
Russian Thistle
Rye Grass
Rye
Salmon
Scallop
Screen
Sesame Seed
Sheep Epithelium
Sheep Sorrel
Shellfish Panel
Short (Common) Ragweed
Shrimp
Sole
Soybean
Squid
Stemphylium herbarum
Strawberry
Sunflower Seed
Sweet Gum
Sweet Potato
Sweet Vernal Grass
Sycamore Tree
Tilapia
Timothy Grass
Tomato
Tree Group
Trichophyton rubrum
Trout
Tuna
Turkey
Walnut
Walnut Tree
Watermelon
Wheat
Whey
White Ash Tree
White Bean
White Faced Hornet
White Hickory
White Pine Tree
Whitefish
Whole Egg
Willow Tree
Yeast
Yellow Hornet
Yellow Jacket (Common Wasp)
CACREM
ALMOND
ATENS
MOXCIL
AMPCIL
APPLES
AFUMIG
ASPNI
AUREO
APINE
AVOCAD
BAHIA
BNANA
BARLEY
BASIL
BEECH
BEEFMT
BRMUDA
BIRCHT
BLAPEP
BLUMUS
BLUBRY
BELDR
BRAZIL
BROCCI
BUKWHT
CABBAG
CACAO
CARROT
MCASIN
CASHEW
CATDND
CTFISH
CELERY
CHEDCH
MLDCHS
CHERRY
CHESNT
CPEA
CHCKF
CHCKN
CHILI
CINAMN
CHERB
CLAM
COKBUR
CROACH
COCNUT
CODFSH
COFFEE
CORNS
COTTWD
COWEPI
MILKC
CRAB
CUCUM
DELION
DFARN
DPTERN
K9DND
DUCKFR
EGGWHT
EGYOLK
ELM
ENGPLT
EPIP
FSRAG
FETHMX
FIRBSH
FLOUND
FUSAR
GARLIC
GELATN
GRAGWD
GLUTEN
GOLDRD
GOOSEF
GRAPE
GRAFRU
GRBEAN
GPIG
HALIBT
HMSTR
HAZEL
HELMIN
HIKPEC
HONBEE
HORSE
DUSTG
DUST
JAPCED
JONSON
JUNEGR
KDBEAN
KIWI
LAMBQU
LATEXA
LEMON
LENTIL
LETUCE
LIME
LINSED
LOBSTR
MACADA
MACKEL
MLTIGE
MANGO
MFESCU
MLALUC
MELON
MTJUNI
MOUEPI
MOUSE
MUCOR
MUGWRT
MULBRY
MUSHRM
MUSTD
NETTLE
OAK
OAT
ONIONS
ORNGE
ORCHRD
OYSTER
PAWASP
PARSLY
PEES
PEACH
PEANUT
PEARS
PECAN
PENCLS
PNOTAT
PENG
PENV
PGWEED
PINENT
PINEAP
PISTAC
PLUMM
POPSED
PORK
POTATO
PUMKSD
RABEPI
RASPBY
REDDYE
REDTOP
RHIZOP
RICE
RMELDR
THISTL
RYEGRS
RYE
SMON
SCALOP
SCR
SESAME
SHEEP
SORREL
SHLFSH
SRAGWD
SHRIMP
SOLE
SOYBN
SQUID
SBOTRY
STRBRY
SUNFLR
SWEGUM
SWEPOT
SWVERN
SYCMOR
TILAPI
TIMTHY
TOMATO
TREES
RUBRUM
TROUT
TUNA
TURKEY
WALNUT
WNUTTR
WATMEL
WHEAT
MWHEY
WHTASH
WTBEAN
WHORNT
WHICK
WTPINE
WHIFSH
WHOEGG
WILLOW
BYEAST
YLHORN
YELJAK
Allergen Panels: New Volume Requirements
Test Name
Mnemonic
Required Volume
Minimum Volume
Animals Group
ANIMLS
1 mL
0.5 mL
Test Name
Mnemonic
Required Volume
Minimum Volume
Cereal Group
CEREAL
1 mL
0.5 mL
Test Name
Mnemonic
Required Volume
Minimum Volume
Florida Perennial
Food Adult/Child
Food Panel Adult ACA
Food Panel RL
Foods Group
FLPER
FOODAD
FODACA
FOODRL
FOODS
2.75 mL
2 mL
3 mL
2.5 mL
1.8 mL
1.3 mL
1 mL
1.5 mL
1.3 mL
0.9 mL
Test Name
Mnemonic
Required Volume
Minimum Volume
Grasses Group
Great Lakes Group
GRASS
GRTLKS
1 mL
1.8 mL
0.5 mL
0.9 mL
Test Name
Mnemonic
Required Volume
Minimum Volume
Indoor Allergy Panel
Inhalants Group
Insect Group
INDOOR
INHALE
INSECT
1 mL
2 mL
1 mL
0.5 mL
1 mL
0.5 mL
Test Name
Mnemonic
Required Volume
Minimum Volume
Mini Screen
Mold Group
MINI
MOLDS
1.6 mL
1 mL
0.8 mL
0.5 mL
Test Name
Mnemonic
Required Volume
Minimum Volume
Nut Panel Group
NW Carolina Regional Panel
NUTPNL
NWCAR
1.5 mL
4 mL
0.7 mL
2.2 mL
Test Name
Mnemonic
Required Volume
Minimum Volume
Pediatric Group
Pediatric Profile
Pediatric RL
PEDTRC
SCRPED
PEDMH
1 mL
2 mL
2 mL
0.5 mL
1 mL
1 mL
Test Name
Mnemonic
Required Volume
Minimum Volume
Respiratory Disease Profile Region 4
Respiratory Disease Profile Region 5
Respiratory Disease Profile Region 7
RESPR4
RESPR5
RESPR7
2.2 mL
2.2 mL
2 mL
1.1 mL
1.1 mL
1 mL
Test Name
Mnemonic
Required Volume
Minimum Volume
Salad Mix Group
Screen Panel RL
Seafood Group
Seafood Panel
Shellfish Panel
South Florida Long Panel
South Florida Short Panel
SALAD
SCRNRL
SEFOOD
SEAFOD
SHLFSH
SFLONG
SFSHRT
1 mL
3 mL
1 mL
1.5 mL
1.5 mL
3 mL
2.5 mL
0.5 mL
1.4 mL
0.5 mL
0.8 mL
0.6 mL
1.4 mL
1.2 mL
Test Name
Mnemonic
Required Volume
Minimum Volume
Tree Group
TREES
1 mL
0.5 mL
Test Name
Mnemonic
Required Volume
Minimum Volume
Vegetables Group
VEGGIE
1 mL
0.5 mL
Test Name
Mnemonic
Required Volume
Minimum Volume
Weed Group
WEEDS
1 mL
0.5 mL
Test Name
Mnemonic
Required Volume
Minimum Volume
Zone 8 Panel
ZONE 8
3 mL
1.8 mL
Test Name
Mnemonic
Animals Group
Cereal Group
Florida Perennial
Food Adult/Child
Food Panel Adult ACA
Food Panel RL
Foods Group
Grasses Group
Great Lakes Group
Indoor Allergy Panel
Inhalants Group
Insect Group
Mini Screen
Mold Group
Nut Panel Group
NW Carolina Regional Panel
Pediatric Group
Pediatric Profile
Pediatric RL
Respiratory Disease Profile Region 4
Respiratory Disease Profile Region 5
Respiratory Disease Profile Region 7
Salad Mix Group
Screen Panel RL
Seafood Group
Seafood Panel
South Florida Long Panel
South Florida Short Panel
Vegetables Group
Weed Group
Zone 8 Panel
ANIMLS
CEREAL
FLPER
FOODAD
FODACA
FOODRL
FOODS
GRASS
GRTLKS
INDOOR
INHALE
INSECT
MINI
MOLDS
NUTPNL
NWCAR
PEDTRC
SCRPED
PEDMH
RESPR4
RESPR5
RESPR7
SALAD
SCRNRL
SEFOOD
SEAFOD
SFLONG
SFSHRT
VEGGIE
WEEDS
ZONE8