AMPA receptor 1 and 2 antibodies
(AMPA 1/2R)

Sample type:

Serum (red tube)

Uses:

Suspicion of paraneoplastic syndromes particularly in autoimmune encephalitis.

Autoimmune encephalitis refers to a group of conditions that occur when the body’s immune system mistakenly attacks healthy brain cells, leading to inflammation of the brain.

Precaution:

Recommended the sample storage in the refrigerator, not the freezing.

Interfering factors:

If the patient is taking immunosuppressive drugs as a treatment, this leads to a problem in the result of the analysis.

Pre analytical error:

1) Specimens other than serum; improper labeling; samples not stored properly; samples older than stability limits; gross hemolysis; gross lipemia.

2) Take sample type different from that recommended in this test and analysis it in laboratory.

3) Not to put the name of the patient or error when putting the code of patient on the tube when sampling.

4) Do not record the patient’s history in the patient’s profile.

Corrective action:

1) refused the sample and ordered another sample.

2) The sample should be rejected and order another sample.

3) anther sample request and should attention at next time.

4) Communicating with the patient and recording the patient history.

Post analytical error:

1) Sharing the results of patients or writing the result incorrectly.

2) write a wrong Patient name in patient report.

Corrective action:

1) communicate with patient then delivered him the correct results and we apologize for this mistake.

2) the report is not delivered to the patient and the error must be discovered.