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Laboratory Information

Test Name

DHEA-S

Synonyms

DHEAS

External Price (excl. GST)

36.74

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 - Fri, 0800 - 1630 excl. Public Holidays

Laboratory Turnaround Time

1 day

Method

Cobas Pro Eclia

Unit of measurement

umol/L

Reference interval

See attachment

Reference interval Attachments

DHEA S v2 (DHEA-S-v2.pdf, 63 KB)

Uncertainty of measurement

15%

Additional Information

Roche assay implemented May 2016 to replace Immulite assay. Tests moved from Immulite 2000 due to age of the analyser.

Minimum Volume

0.1 ml heparin plasma or serum.

Electronic Information

Registration Code