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Laboratory Information

Test Name

Creatinine

External Price (excl. GST)

2.63

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

Cobas Pro Jaffe, Rural Waikato Labs Vitros XT7600 enzymatic

Unit of measurement

umol/L

Reference interval

7 days – 1 month = 20 - 60 umol/L
1 month – 2 years = 20 – 50 umol/L
2 – 4 years            = 20 – 60 umol/L
4 – 6 years             = 25 – 65 umol/L
6 – 10 years           = 25 – 70 umol/L
10 –15 years          = 40 – 80 umol/L
Adult (> 15 years) = Male      60 – 105 umol/L
                               = Female 45 –   90 umol/L

(From ARQAG 9/10/08 – assay has been restandardised to align with international standard )

Uncertainty of measurement

10%

Minimum Volume

0.1 mL heparin plasma or serum.

Electronic Information

Registration Code

CRE

HL7 mapping code

$CRE

LOINC Code

14682-9

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