Sample type: Whole Blood
Test name: Aluminium
Special precautions & notes: It is essential to request a Blue top trace elements tube from Pathology consumables (x48406).
Reference range: In blood less than 0.4 μmol/L, (less than 2.0 in dialysis patients). In water, post reverse osmosis, less than 0.1 µmol/L
Container: Blue top Trace elements tube
Ideal volume (mL): 5 mL
Referred outside NBT for analysis? No
Discipline: Clinical Biochemistry
Section: Toxicology
Turnaround time: 14 days