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Clinical Biochemistry Non-Routine Tests

The following tests are only available if certain criteria for requesting are met. 

Click on underlined test name to review test details and criteria for requesting.

Please ensure there are adequate clinical details on the request form

 

Test Name	Comments	Lab. Handling
		Send	Save
Angiotensin Converting Enzyme (ACE)		ACE	SACE or NOACE
ACTH		ACTH	NOACT
AFP - tumour marker		AFPT	NOAFP
Alcohol		ALC	NOALC
Aldosterone	Contact Clinical Biochemistry before sample collection	ALD	NOALD
Alkaline phosphatase isoenzymes		APISO
Androstenedione		AND	NOAND
BNP		BNP	NOBNP
CA12-5		CA12	NO125
CA15-3		CA153	TMND or NOTM
CA19-9		CA19	NO199
Caeruloplasmin		CAER	NOCAE
CCP Antibody	Must be collected into red top (plain) tube	CCP	NOCCP
CEA		CEA	NOCEA
C1 Esterase Inhibitor		C1	NOC1
Chromogranin A	Must be collected into purple top (EDTA) tube	CGA	NOCGA
Copper		SASOD	NOCU
CSF (Xanthochromia)		CSPEC	NOCSF
DHEA-S		DHEA	NODH
Digoxin	Sample must be taken at least 6 hours after last dose	DIG	NODIG
Drugs of Abuse		SOSDG	NOTOX
Flecainide		FLEC
Free Light Chains		FLC	NOFLC
GAD Antibody		GAD
Gastrin	Contact Clinical Biochemistry before sample collection	GIT
Growth Hormone		GH	NOGH
IgG Subclasses		GSUB
IgE & Allergen Specific IgE (RAST)		RAST	NOIGE
Insulin / C-peptide	Contact Clinical Biochemistry before sample collection	IN	NOIN
IGF-1	Must be collected into red top (plain) tube	IGF1
Iron		PFE	FE or NOFE
Lactate	Available on blood gas analysers in NICU and A&E		LAC or NOLAC
LDH		LDH	NOLDH
Metabolic Screen	Plasma Amino Acids, Urine Amino Acids, Urine Organic Acids	PAA UAA UORG	NOUAA NOUAA NOORG
Myoglobin (urine)			UMYO
Oestradiol		SOES	NOE2
Oligoclonal Bands (CSF)		OLIG	NOOLI
Oxalate (urine)	Part of renal stone screen.	RSS1
Parathyroid Hormone (PTH)		PTH	NOPTH
Progesterone		PROG	NOPRG
Renin	Contact Clinical Biochemistry before sample collection	ALD	NOALD
S-100		S100	TMND or NOTM
SHBG	Female total testosterone >1.5 nmol/L.	SHBG	NOSBG
Theophylline		STHE	THEO or NOTHE
Thyroglobulin	Must be collected into plain (red top) tube.	TBG
Thyroid Receptor Antibodies		TRAB	NOTRB
TPMT	One-off evaluation before starting Thiopurine drugs	TPMT	NOTPM
Transferrin Saturation	Screen for haemochromatosis.	TFS
Troponin T	Sample must be taken at least 12 hours after suspected cardiac event.	TROPT	TTIME THAEM TTRPT
Urate (urine)	Part of renal stone screen.	RSS3
Valproate		SVAL	VAL or NOVAL
Vitamin D 25-0H		VITD	NOVD
Vitamin D 1,25 DHCC		VD125	NOVD
VMA	Screen for neuroblastoma in children.	VMA
Zinc	Must be collected into red top (plain) tube	ZN	NOZN

Last edited 07/08/08