Laboratory Test Reference Guide

Laboratory Information

Test Name

Aspartate Amino Transferase

Synonyms

AST

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

Waikato: Cobas Pro, Rural Labs: Vitros XT7600

Unit of measurement

U/L

Reference interval

                     Waikato               Rural

<2 yrs         = 0 – 90 U/L        0  100 U/L
2 – 10 yrs  = 0  70 U/L        0  80 U/L
>10 yrs       = 0 – 50 U/L       0  55 U/L

Converted from 10/2/2005 ARQAG consensus opinion for these P-5-P assays

Uncertainty of measurement

5%

Additional Information

Cobas Pro: Interference  by therapeutic levels of Sulfasalazine and Sulfapyridine cause a significant false decrease  in AST. Following iron infusions, AST may be falsely low or unmeasurable for up to 24 hours.

Minimum Volume

0.1 ml heparin plasma or serum.

Electronic Information

Registration Code

AST

HL7 mapping code

$AST

LOINC Code

1920-8