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Laboratory Test Reference Guide

Laboratory Information

Test Name

Iron (profile)

Constituent Tests

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

Method

Cobas Pro

Reference interval

See attachment

Reference interval Attachments

Additional Information

Includes Iron, Iron binding capacity (Total), iron saturation (expressed as a ratio) and ferritin

Minimum Volume

0.1 mL heparin plasma or serum.

Electronic Information

Registration Code

IROP

HL7 mapping code

$IROP