Laboratory Test Reference Guide

Test Name

NT-pro-BNP

Synonyms

BNP, NT-pro-BNP

External Price (excl. GST)

51.41

Adult Specimen

Heparin (light green), SST(gold)"T-" labs SST (gold)

Paediatric Specimen

0.3ml Heparin (light green) or plain(red). Rural Waikato Labs 0.3 ml Plain (red)

Department

Biochemistry

Test Availability

Mon - Sun, 24hrs

Laboratory Turnaround Time

3 hrs

Method

Cobas Pro ECLIA

Unit of measurement

pmol/l

Reference interval

Reference interval Attachments

• BNP Reference Interval (BNP-Reference-Interval.pdf, 5 KB)

Uncertainty of measurement

10%

Minimum Volume

Registration Code

BNP

HL7 mapping code

$BNP