Sample type: Serum

Test name: Magnesium a.k.a. Mg

Special precautions & notes: None.

Reference range: 0.70 - 1.00 mmol/L

Container: Serum (Gold top)

Ideal volume (mL): 5 mL

Referred outside NBT for analysis? No

Discipline: Clinical Biochemistry

Section: Automated Laboratory

Turnaround time: Hospital patients 4 hours; GP patients 24 hours