Basingstoke and north hampshire hospital pathology user handbook

Amino acids - serum quantitative	Gold Top Vacuette	4mL	Serum
Lab Note: SAS -20°C		Chemical Pathology Level D South Block Southampton General Hospital Tremona Road Southampton SO16 6YD 02380 796427	14 DAYS

TEST	SPECIMEN CONTAINER	VOLUME NEEDED	SAMPLE TYPE	REFERENCE RANGES	UNITS	SPECIAL PRECAUTIONS	KEY FACTORS	REFERRAL LABORATORY (INC ADDRESS)	TURN – AROUND (working days)
Amino acids - urine quantitative	Plain (white top) Universal	20 mL	Urine			Random sample Lab Note: Univ -20ºC		Chemical Pathology Level D South Block Southampton General Hospital Tremona Road Southampton SO16 6YD 02380 796427	14 DAYS
Amiodarone	Gold Top Vacuette	4mL	Serum	0.6 - 2.5	mg/L	Lab Note: SAS -20°C		Chemical Pathology Royal Hampshire County Hospital Romsey Rd Winchester SO22 5DG 01962 824287 01962824288	14 DAYS
Ammonia	Lavender Top Vacuette	3mL	EDTA Whole blood	0 - 47 3D 0 - 100	umol/L	MUST BE IN LAB WITHIN 30 MINUTES Lab Note:Manual BMS			1 HOUR
Amniocentesis	Plain (white top) Universal	10mL	Amniotic fluid			Results returned direct to requesting physician Lab Note: Univ 4ºC		Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory Salisbury District Hospital Odstock Salisbury SP2 8BJ 01722 429080	21 days Results returned direct to requesting physician
Amylase - serum	Gold Top Vacuette	4mL	Serum	0 - 104	IU/L		There is assay interference from haemolysis		4 HOURS
Amylase - urine	Plain (white top) Universal		Urine	0 - 650	IU/L	Random sample			4 HOURS

TEST

SPECIMEN CONTAINER

VOLUME NEEDED

SAMPLE TYPE

REFERENCE RANGES

UNITS

SPECIAL PRECAUTIONS

KEY FACTORS

REFERRAL LABORATORY (INC ADDRESS)

TURN – AROUND (working days)

Amyloid A

Gold Top Vacuette

4mL

Serum

< 20

mg/L

Lab Note: SAS -20°C

Sheffield Protein Department of Immunology Protein Reference Unit PO Box 894 Sheffield S5 7YT 01142 715552

14 DAYS

Anaphylactic reaction (Serum Tryptase)

Gold Top Vacuette or Lavender Top Vacuette

4mL or 3mL

Serum or EDTA Plasma

2 - 14

ug/L

TO LAB AT ONCE - SAMPLE MUST BE FROZEN WITHIN 30 MINUTES Take first sample at once, repeat at 3 & 24 hrs Lab Note : SAS -20ºC

Sheffield Protein Department of Immunology Protein Reference Unit PO Box 894 Sheffield S5 7YT 01142 715552

14 DAYS

Androstenedione

Gold Top Vacuette

Serum

M 2.1 - 10.8 F 1.0 - 11.5

nmol/L

10 DAYS

Anti Mullerian Hormone

Gold Top Vacuette

4mL

Serum

discuss with Consultant Biochemist

Lab Note : SAS -20ºC

Dept of Clinical Biochemistry Macewen Building Glasgow Royal Infirmary Glasgow, G4 0SF 0141 211 4638

21 DAYS

Antinuclear Antibodies (ANA)

Gold Top Vacuette

4mL

Serum

Lab Note: Imm 4°C ANAE

10 DAYS

Antineutrophil Cytoplasm Antibody (ANCA)

Gold Top Vacuette

4mL

Serum

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Lab Note: SAS 4°C ANCA

Southampton Immunology Level C Mailpoint 8 Southampton General Hospital Tremona Road Southampton SO16 6YD 02380 796615

10 DAYS

TEST

SPECIMEN CONTAINER

VOLUME NEEDED

SAMPLE TYPE

REFERENCE RANGES

UNITS

SPECIAL PRECAUTIONS

KEY FACTORS

REFERRAL LABORATORY (INC ADDRESS)

TURN – AROUND (working days)

Antinuclear Factor (ANF)

Gold Top Vacuette

4mL

Serum

Lab Note: Imm 4°C ANAE

10 DAYS

Anti- mitochondrial Antibodies

Gold Top Vacuette

4mL

Serum

0 - 5

u/mL

Lab Note: SAS 4°C LIV

Southampton Immunology Level C Mailpoint 8 Southampton General Hospital Tremona Road Southampton SO16 6YD 02380 796615

10 DAYS

Aquaporin-4 Antibodies

Gold Top Vacuette

4mL

Serum

Lab Note: SAS - 20°C

Immunology Churchill Hospital Headington Oxford OX3 7LJ 01865 225995

28 DAYS

Asialotransferrin

see Beta-2 transferrin

AST

Serum

0 - 40

IU/L

In vitro haemolysis will falsely elevate results

4 HOURS

aTPO

Serum

see Thyroid Antibodies

Bence Jones Protein

Plain (white top) Universal

10mL

Urine

Early morning urine preferred Lab Note: White top Vacuette, Advia 2. Univ to Manual Lab

10 DAYS

TEST	SPECIMEN CONTAINER	VOLUME NEEDED	SAMPLE TYPE	REFERENCE RANGES	UNITS	SPECIAL PRECAUTIONS	KEY FACTORS	REFERRAL LABORATORY (INC ADDRESS)	TURN – AROUND (working days)
Beta-2 Microglobulin	Gold Top Vacuette	4mL	Serum	0.0 -1.7	ug/mL				14 DAYS
Beta-2 Transferrin	Plain (white top) Universal		Nasal fluid			Lab Note: Univ 4ºC		Neuroimmunology Room 917 Institute of Neurology Queen Square London WC1N 3BG 02078 373611 extn 3814	14 DAYS
Bicarbonate	Gold Top Vacuette	4mL	Serum	22 - 31	mmol/L	To lab same day			24 HOURS
Bile acids	Gold Top Vacuette	4mL	Serum	0 - 14	umol/L	To lab same day			24 HOURS
Bile Pigments	Plain (white top) Universal	10 mL	Urine						24 HOURS