Test directory
A directory of the tests within our repertoire. The directory includes associated clinical information for each available test.
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Turnaround time: Within 2 full access days
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Turnaround time: Urgent: within 1 hour. Non-urgent: within 4 hours
Alanine aminotransferase, serum
Category: Biochemistry
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Turnaround time: Urgent: within 1 hour. Non-urgent: within 4 hours
Albumin, serum
Category: Biochemistry
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Turnaround time: Urgent sample: 1 hour. Routine sample: 4 hours
Alcohol, serum
Category: Biochemistry
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Turnaround time: Within 3 weeks
Alkaline phosphatase isoenzymes (typing), serum
Category: Biochemistry
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Turnaround time: Urgent: within 1 hour; Non-urgent: within 4 hours
Alkaline phosphatase, serum
Category: Biochemistry
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Turnaround time: Urgent testing is available by arrangement with the laboratory. Please contact the Duty Biochemist to arrange this. Routine sample: 4 hours
Alpha-foetoprotein, serum
Category: Biochemistry
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Turnaround time: Urgent sample: within 1 hour. Non-urgent sample: within 4 hours
Amylase, serum
Category: Biochemistry
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Turnaround time: Within 2 full access days
Angiotensin converting enzyme, serum
Category: Biochemistry
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Turnaround time: Urgent: within 1 hour; non-urgent: within 1 day
Arsenic, blood
Category: Biochemistry
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Turnaround time: Urgent: within 1.5 hour. Non-urgent: within 4 hours
Aspartate aminotransferase, serum
Category: Biochemistry
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Turnaround time: Urgent: within 1 hour non-urgent: within 4 hours
Bicarbonate (CO2 content), serum
Category: Biochemistry
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Turnaround time: Urgent: within 1 hour 30 mins; non-urgent: within 1 day
Bile acids (pregnancy), serum
Category: Biochemistry
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Turnaround time: Urgent; within 1 hour, Non urgent: within 4 hours
Bilirubin (conjugated), serum
Category: Biochemistry
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Turnaround time: Urgent: within 1 hour Non-urgent: within 4 hours
Bilirubin (total), serum
Category: Biochemistry
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BNP (NT-proBNP)
Category: Biochemistry
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Turnaround time: 4 to 6 weeks For urgent sample, please contact the laboratory
BRCA1 and BRCA2 genetic testing
Category: Biochemistry
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Turnaround time: Urgent: within 1 hour, Non urgent: within 4 hours
Calcium (total and adjusted), serum
Category: Biochemistry
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Turnaround time: Urgent testing is available by arrangement with the laboratory. Please contact the Duty Biochemist to arrange this. Routine sample: 4 hours
Carbamazepine, serum
Category: Biochemistry
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Turnaround time: Urgent: within 1 hour, Non-urgent: within 4 hours
Chloride, serum
Category: Biochemistry
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Turnaround time: 3 to 4 weeks
Cholinesterase (pseudocholinestease), phenotype
Category: Biochemistry
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Clozapine and Norclozapine
Category: Biochemistry
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Copper, (Cu) tissue
Category: Biochemistry
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Turnaround time: Urgent testing is available by arrangement with the laboratory. Please contact the Duty Biochemist to arrange this. Routine Sample 6 hrs
Cortisol, serum
Category: Biochemistry
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Turnaround time: Urgent: within 1.5 hour. Non-urgent: within 24 hours
Creatine kinase, serum
Category: Biochemistry
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Turnaround time: Within 2 full access days
Creatinine clearance, serum and urine
Category: Biochemistry
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Turnaround time: Urgent: within 1 hour Non-urgent: within 4 hours
Creatinine serum
Category: Biochemistry
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Turnaround time: Urgent: within 1 hour non-urgent: within 1 day
Creatinine, urine
Category: Biochemistry
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Turnaround time: Urgent: within 1 hour Non-urgent: within 4 hours.
CRP (C-reactive protein), serum
Category: Biochemistry
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Turnaround time: 5 to 7 days
CSF for investigation of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
Category: Biochemistry
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D-Lactate
Category: Biochemistry
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Deoxypyridinoline (DPD), urine
Category: Biochemistry
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Turnaround time: Urgent testing is available by arrangement with the laboratory. Please contact the Duty Biochemist to arrange this. Routine sample: 4 hours
Digoxin, serum
Category: Biochemistry
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Turnaround time: Urgent sample: within 1 hour Non-urgent sampe: within 4 hours
Folate
Category: Biochemistry
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Turnaround time: Urgent: within 3h; Non-urgent: 2 full access days
Free T3, serum
Category: Biochemistry
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Turnaround time: Urgent: within 3h; Non-urgent: 2 full access days
Free T4, serum
Category: Biochemistry
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Fructosamine
Category: Biochemistry
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Turnaround time: Urgent: within 1 hour Non-urgent: within 4 hours
Gamma-glutamyl transferase, serum
Category: Biochemistry
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Turnaround time: Urgent: within 1 hour, Non urgent: within 4 hours
Glucose, plasma
Category: Biochemistry
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Turnaround time: Urgent: within 3 hours Non-urgent: within 2 full access day
hCG, total (pregnancy), serum
Category: Biochemistry
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Turnaround time: Urgent sample: within 1 hour Non-urgent sample: within 4 hours
HDL cholesterol, serum
Category: Biochemistry
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Iodine, urine
Category: Biochemistry
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Turnaround time: Urgent: within 1 hour Non-urgent: within 4 hours
Iron, serum
Category: Biochemistry
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Iron, tissue
Category: Biochemistry
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Turnaround time: Urgent: within 1 hour Non-urgent: within 4 hours
Lactate, plasma
Category: Biochemistry
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Turnaround time: Batched assay, analysed twice per day.
LDH (Lactate dehydrogenase), fluid
Category: Biochemistry
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Turnaround time: Urgent: within 1.5 hour Non-urgent: within 4 hours
LDH (Lactate dehydrogenase), serum
Category: Biochemistry
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Leptin
Category: Biochemistry
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Turnaround time: Urgent testing is available by arrangement with the laboratory. Please contact the Duty Biochemist to arrange this. Routine sample: 24 hours
Lipase, Serum
Category: Biochemistry
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Turnaround time: Urgent testing is available by arrangement with the laboratory. Please contact the Duty Biochemist to arrange this. Routine sample: 24 hours
Lithium, serum
Category: Biochemistry
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Turnaround time: Urgent: within 1 hour, Non urgent: within 4 hours.
Magnesium, serum
Category: Biochemistry
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Turnaround time: Urgent: within 2 hours non-urgent: within 1 day
Methotrexate, serum
Category: Biochemistry
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N-telopeptide (NTX), urine
Category: Biochemistry
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Nickel, serum
Category: Biochemistry
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Nickel, urine
Category: Biochemistry
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Oxysterols
Category: Biochemistry
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Turnaround time: Urgent: within 1 hour; non-urgent: within 1 daY
Paracetamol, serum
Category: Biochemistry
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pH, urine
Category: Biochemistry
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Turnaround time: Urgent testing is available by arrangement with the laboratory. Please contact the Duty Biochemist to arrange this. Routine sample: 4 hours
Phenobarbitone, serum
Category: Biochemistry
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Turnaround time: Urgent testing is available by arrangement with the laboratory. Please contact the Duty Biochemist to arrange this.Routine sample: 4 hours
Phenytoin, serum
Category: Biochemistry
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Turnaround time: Urgent: Within 1 hour Non-urgent: Within 4 hours
Phosphate, serum
Category: Biochemistry
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Turnaround time: Urgent samples: same day; Non urgent samples: within 7 days
Porphobilinogen screen, urine
Category: Biochemistry
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Turnaround time: Urgent: within 1 hour Non-urgent: within 4 hours
Potassium, serum
Category: Biochemistry
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Turnaround time: Within working hours: 2 hours
Pre-eclampsia markers (PIGF and sFlt-1)
Category: Biochemistry
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Turnaround time: Urgent: within 1 hourNon-urgent: within 4 hours
Procalcitonin
Category: Biochemistry
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Turnaround time: 48 hours. If the result for this assay is high, it is held back until the result of the Macroprolactin is available. This assay is batched and is only done once per day.
Prolactin, serum
Category: Biochemistry
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Turnaround time: Urgent: within 1 hour non-urgent: within 1 day
Protein (total), CSF
Category: Biochemistry
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Turnaround time: Urgent: within 1 hour non-urgent: within 2 days
Protein (total), urine
Category: Biochemistry
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Psychoactive drugs screen, urine
Category: Biochemistry
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Turnaround time: Urgent samples: within 1 hour Non-urgent samples: within 4 hours
PTH (Parathyroid hormone), plasma
Category: Biochemistry
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Turnaround time: Urgent: within 1 hour; Non-urgent: within 1 day
Salicylate, serum
Category: Biochemistry
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Turnaround time: Urgent: within 1 hour. Non-urgent: within 4 hours
Sodium, serum
Category: Biochemistry
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Turnaround time: Urgent testing is available by arrangement with the laboratory. Please contact the Duty Biochemist to arrange this Routine sample: 4 hours
Theophylline, serum
Category: Biochemistry
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Turnaround time: Urgent samples: same day Non urgent samples: within 7 days
Total urine porphyrin
Category: Biochemistry
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Transthyretin
Category: Biochemistry
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Turnaround time: Urgent: within 1 hour Non-urgent: within 4 hours
Triglycerides, serum
Category: Biochemistry
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Turnaround time: Urgent: within 1 hour Non-urgent: within 4 hours
Troponin T, serum
Category: Biochemistry
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Turnaround time: Urgent: within 1 hour; Non-urgent: within 4 hours
TSH (Thyroid Stimulating Hormone), serum
Category: Biochemistry
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Turnaround time: Urgent: within 1 hour. Non-urgent: within 4 hours
Urate, serum
Category: Biochemistry
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Turnaround time: Urgent: within 1 hour Non-urgent: within 4 hours
Urea, serum
Category: Biochemistry
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Turnaround time: Urgent testing is available by arrangement with the laboratory. Please contact the Duty Biochemist to arrange this. Routine sample: 4 hours
Valproate, serum
Category: Biochemistry
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Turnaround time: Urgent: within 1 hour Non-urgent: within 4 hours
Vitamin B12
Category: Biochemistry
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Vitamin C, plasma
Category: Biochemistry
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Turnaround time: Within 2 full access days
Vitamin D, total, (includes 25-hydroxy cholecalciferol and 25-hydroxy ergocalciferol), serum
Category: Biochemistry
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Zinc, tissue
Category: Biochemistry