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Laboratory Information

Test Name

Cholesterol (HDL)

Synonyms

HDL

External Price (excl. GST)

5.84

Specimen Collection

Adult Specimen

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

Paediatric Specimen

0.3 ml Heparin (light green) or Plain(red).

Test Information

Department

Biochemistry

Test Availability

Mon - Sun, 24hrs

Laboratory Turnaround Time

3 hrs

Method

Cobas Pro Colorometric "T"labs Vitros XT7600

Unit of measurement

mmol/L

Reference interval

See attachment

Reference interval Attachments

Lipid reporting ARQAG 1 (Lipid-reporting-ARQAG-1.pdf, 236 KB)

Uncertainty of measurement

Waikato - 5% Rural Waikato Labs - 10%

Additional Information

If the triglyceride is > 13.6 mmol/L, no HDL result is reported.

Minimum Volume

0.1 mL heparin plasma or serum.

Electronic Information

Registration Code

HDL

HL7 mapping code

$HDL

LOINC Code

14646-4

Laboratory Test Reference Guide