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| FOLATE (Serum) |
| Department: | Biochemistry |
| Alternate Names for Test: |
FOLIC ACID |
| Constituent Tests: | Serum Folate, Vitamin B12 |
| Specimen Collection Requirements: | |
| Sample Type: |
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| Minimum Sample Volume: | 500 uL whole blood |
| Transport Requirements: | Ambient |
| In the Lab: | |
| Lab Test Code: | FOSE |
| Testing Schedule: | Analysed daily, Monday - Friday |
| Turnaround Time: | Daily, Monday - Friday |
| Reference Interval & Interpretation: | 9-45 nmol/L Indeterminate range 7-9 nmol/L |
| Method: | Roche Modular E170, Competitive ECL Immunoassay |
| Units of Measurement for Test: | nmol/L |
| Stability Time Limit for Add-On Tests: | 24 hours |
| Interfering Substances: | Haemolysis, Fibrin, RBC's, Human Anti Mouse Antibodies, Heterophile antibodies, patients with renal impairment, methotrexate, aminopterin, folinic acid. |
| Link to Application and Diagnostic Use Website: | http://www.rcpamanual.edu.au/index.php?option=com_pttests&view=tests&Itemid=77 |
| Contact Details: | |
| Lab Contact: | Max Reed and Dr Michael Crooke |
| Department Name: | Biochemistry |
| Phone: | (04) 3815900 ext 850 |
| Fax: | (04)3815985 |
| Email: | mreed@apath.co.nz |
Test Information last updated on 14/12/2010
Website last updated on 17/06/2013 09:00
1x Yellow SST (Serum Separator) tube 5.0mL