Laboratory Test Reference Guide

Laboratory Information

Test Name

Alkaline Phosphatase

Synonyms

ALP

Specimen Collection

Adult Specimen

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

Paediatric Specimen

0.3ml Heparin (light green) or plain (red)

Test Information

Department

Biochemistry

Test Availability

Mon - Sun, 24hrs

Laboratory Turnaround Time

3 hrs

Method

Waikato: Cobas Pro."T"-Labs: Vitros XT7600

Unit of measurement

U/L

Reference interval

See attachment

Reference interval Attachments

Uncertainty of measurement

5%

Minimum Volume

0.1 mL heparin plasma or serum.

Electronic Information

Registration Code

ALP

HL7 mapping code

$ALP

LOINC Code

6768-6