Laboratory Test Reference Guide

Test Name

Cholesterol

External Price (excl. GST)

2.92

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 Rural Waikato Labs Vitros XT7600

Unit of measurement

mmol/L

Reference interval

Reference interval Attachments

• Lipid reporting ARQAG (Lipid-reporting-ARQAG.pdf, 236 KB)

Uncertainty of measurement

5%

Minimum Volume

Registration Code

CHO

HL7 mapping code

$CHO

LOINC Code

14647-2