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Laboratory Information

Test Name

Amylase (Total)

Specimen Collection

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)

Test Information

Department

Biochemistry

Test Availability

Mon - Sun, 24hrs

Laboratory Turnaround Time

3 hrs

Method

Waikato:Cobas Pro IFCC, Rural Waikato Labs: Vitros XT7600

Unit of measurement

U/L

Reference interval

Waikato 25 - 135 U/L

Rural Labs 30 – 110 U/L

Uncertainty of measurement

Minimum Volume

0.1 ml heparin plasma or serum.

Electronic Information

Registration Code

AMY

HL7 mapping code

$AMY

LOINC Code

1798-8

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