Sample type: Plasma

Test name: Zinc

Special precautions & notes: Adults: Blue top trace elements tube only (available from pathology consumables x48406); Paediatrics: Serum, lithium heparin or trace element paediatric tubes are accepted.

Reference range: 0 - 64 years 10 - 20 umol/L; 65 years+ 9 - 20 umol/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: 7 days