Sample type: Plasma

Test name: C-Peptide (Transplant only)

Condition / Indication: Used for monitoring islet cell transplant patients

Special precautions & notes: Samples must reach the laboratory within 24 hours of collection. Aliquot, freeze and send to referral laboratory frozen.

Container: EDTA (Lavender top)

Ideal volume (mL): 5ml

Referred outside NBT for analysis? Yes

Discipline: Clinical Biochemistry

Section: Automated Laboratory

Turnaround time: 1 week

Referral location: Blood Sciences - Level 2 Area A, Department of Clinical Chemistry, Barrack Road, Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, Exeter, EX2 5AD