days ========= Urgent same day (lab must be informed of sample) HPLC Abnormal 3 working Ante-natal N/A patients’ ANC - - days guidelines patient’s interim report Test NA. Contact department Ham’s ESR Vacu Code Routine 4 Tube must be filled Only CW & (black) hours correctly CX 8hrs – ========= Urgent 2 (CXH & CWH) hours EDTA (purple) 4ml G6PD EDTA (purple) 4ml Routine <5 Urgent requests 5 days days for patients ========= starting on Urgent 4 hr. rasburicase must be approved by Haematology Registrar out of hours Haptoglobin Plain tube 5ml Routine 7 N/A 24 hrs. (red) days (sample ========= must be Urgent N/A separated on receipt Urinary Universal 10ml Routine 5 Early morning N/A haemosiderin container days urine ========= Urgent N/A Prothrombin time Citrate (blue) 2.7or Routine 4 4 hrs 4.5ml hours bottles cannot ========= be accepted as Urgent 1 hour results are inaccurate. INR (warfarin Citrate (blue) 2.7 or Routine 4 Can be control) 4.5ml hours bottles cannot added at ========= be accepted as any time as Urgent 1 hour results are long as PT inaccurate. has been performed APTT Citrate (blue) 2.7 or Routine 4 4 hrs. for APTTR 4.5ml hours bottles cannot APTT (for ========= be accepted, as APTTR see Urgent 1 hour results are INR above) inaccurate.
days ========= Urgent same day (lab must be informed of sample) HPLC Abnormal ANC patient’s interim report - - 3 working days Ante-natal patients’ guidelines N/A Ham’s Test NA. Contact department ESR Vacu Code (black) (CXH & CWH) EDTA (purple) 4ml Routine 4 hours ========= Urgent 2 hours Tube must be filled correctly Only CW & CX – 8hrs G6PD EDTA (purple) 4ml Routine <5 days ========= Urgent 4 hr. Urgent requests for patients starting on rasburicase must be approved by Haematology Registrar out of hours 5 days Haptoglobin Plain tube (red) 5ml Routine 7 days ========= Urgent N/A N/A 24 hrs. (sample must be separated on receipt Urinary haemosiderin Universal container 10ml Routine 5 days ========= Urgent N/A Early morning urine N/A Prothrombin time Citrate (blue) 2.7or 4.5ml Routine 4 hours ========= Urgent 1 hour bottles cannot be accepted as results are inaccurate. 4 hrs INR (warfarin control) Citrate (blue) 2.7 or 4.5ml Routine 4 hours ========= Urgent 1 hour bottles cannot be accepted as results are inaccurate. Can be added at any time as long as PT has been performed APTT APTTR Citrate (blue) 2.7 or 4.5ml Routine 4 hours ========= Urgent 1 hour bottles cannot be accepted, as results are inaccurate. 4 hrs. for APTT (for APTTR see INR above)