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Date of Recent Update: 15 April 2007

Chemical Pathology Laboratory, Department of Chemical Pathology,
Prince of Wales Hospital
Test Specimen Type Quantity Required Average TAT Remarks
Adrenocorticotrophic hormone (ACTH) EDTA 5 ml 2 weeks Booking required, specimen sent in ice
Alcohols (Ethanol) Clotted Blood 5 ml < 3 hours -
Aldosterone Clotted Blood/24h urine 5 ml/24 hours 1 month Booking required
δ-Aminolevulenic Acid Spot Urine 20 ml 2 weeks Specimen protected from light
α-Antitrypsin Heparin Blood 5 ml 1 day -
Alpha Fetoprotein (AFP) Clotted Blood 5 ml 1 day -
Aluminium Clotted Blood (special tube) 5 ml 2 weeks Booking required
Amino Acids Quantitation by HPLC Heparin Blood/Spot Urine 2 ml/5 ml 10 days Information sheet + specimen(s)
Amphetamines Spot Urine 10 ml 1 week -
Arsenic Spot Urine / 24h Urine (special bottle) 20 ml / 24 hours 2 weeks -
Barbiturate Spot Urine 10 ml 1 week -
Benzodiazepines Spot Urine 10 ml 1 week -
Bence Jones Protein Spot Urine / 24h Urine 20 ml / 24 hours 1 week -
Bone specific Alkaline Phosphatase Clotted Blood 5 ml 1 week -
C-Reactive Protein Heparin Blood 5 ml 1 day -
C3 Heparin Blood 5 ml 1 day -
C4 Heparin Blood 5 ml 1 day -
Cadmium EDTA (special tube) 3 ml 2 weeks -
Calcitonin Clotted Blood 5 ml 6 months Booking required
Cannabinoids Spot Urine 10 ml 1 week -
Carnitines profile Clotted Blood/ Spot Urine 5 ml/20ml 1 month -
Catecholamines Spot Urine (paediatric patient) / 24h Urine (special bottle) 5 ml / 24 hours 1 week -
Cholinesterase Clotted Blood 5 ml < 3 hours Booking required
Carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) Clotted Blood 5 ml 1day -
Cocaine Spot Urine 10 ml 1 week -
Copper Clotted Blood / 24h Urine (special bottle) 5 ml / 24 hours 1 week -
Cortisol, free 24h Urine 24 hours 1 week -
Cryoglobulin Clotted Blood 5 ml 3 days Specimen collected in warm syringe
Transport in pre-heated sand bath
Booking required
Cyclosporin EDTA 3 ml 1 day -
Cyanide EDTA 3 ml 1 day Booking required
FK506 EDTA 3 ml 3 days Booking required
Free Light Chains (Qualitative) Spot Urine 20 ml 2 weeks -
Growth Hormone Clotted Blood 5 ml 1 week -
Haptoglobin Heparin Blood 5 ml 1 day -
Homocysteine Heparin Blood/ Spot Urine (fresh) 5ml/ 10 ml 1 week -
β-Human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) Clotted Blood 5ml 1 day -
17α Hydroxyprogesterone (17 OHP) Clotted Blood 5 ml 3 months Required booking (B)
Immunofixation Clotted Blood 5 ml 2 weeks -
Immunoglobulin E (total & specific) Clotted Blood 5 ml 1 week -
Insulin like growth factor (IGF-1) Clotted Blood 5 ml 2 months -
Insulin Clotted Blood & Flouride Blood 5 ml / 2 ml 1 month Booking required
Clotted blood sent in ice
Lactate Fluoride Blood/CSF 2 ml < 3 hours Booking required, specimen sent in ice
Lead EDTA/ 24 h Urine (special tube & bottle) 3 ml / 24 hours 2 weeks -
Lithium Clotted Blood 5 ml 1 day -
Manganese EDTA (special tube) 3 ml 2 weeks -
Mercury EDTA/Spot Urine/24h urine (special tube & bottle) 3 ml/5 ml/24 hours 2 weeks -
Metabolic Screening Clotted Blood/Spot Urine 2 ml/20 ml 2 weeks Completed information sheet + specimens
Methanol Clotted Blood 5 ml 1 day Booking required
Methadone Spot Urine 10 ml 1 week -
Methotrexate Clotted Blood 5 ml 1 day Booking required
Microalbumin Spot Urine /24 h Urine 5 ml/24 hours 1 day -
Mucopolysaccharides (Quantitative) Spot Urine 10 ml 1 month Completed information sheet + specimens
Myoglobin Spot Urine 10 ml 1 day -
Opiates Spot Urine 10 ml 1 week -
Organic Acids Spot Urine 10 ml 2 weeks Completed information sheet + specimens
Interpretative report
Oxalate Urine (special bottle) 24 hours 2 weeks -
Paraquat Spot Urine 10 ml 1 day -
Parathyroid Hormone (PTH) Clotted Blood 5 ml 2 weeks Booking required
Porphobilinogen Spot Urine 10 ml 1 day Fresh urine
Protected from light
Porphyrins, Total Spot Urine 10 ml 1 day Specimen protected from light
RBC Folate EDTA 3 ml 1 week -
Red Cell Zinc EDTA 3 ml 1 week -
Renin EDTA 3 ml 1 month Booking required
Selenium Clotted Blood (special tube) 5 ml 2 weeks -
Sugar Chromatography Spot Urine 10 ml 1 week Completed information sheet
Thyroglobulin Clotted Blood 5 ml 1 week Booking required
Toxicology Screening Spot Urine 20 ml 1 week Booking required
(Comprehensive, without confirmations) Mainly for non-urgent drug of abuse cases
Tricyclic Antidepressants (TCA) Clotted Blood 5 ml 1 day -
Troponin T, cardiac EDTA 3ml 1 day -
Vanillylmandelic Acid (VMA) Spot Urine 10 ml 2 weeks -
Vitamin B12/Folate Clotted Blood 5 ml 1 week -
Xylose Absorption Test Fluoride Blood & 2 Timed Urine 2 ml / urines 1 week Booking required
Zinc Clotted Blood / 24h Urine 5 ml / 24 hours 1 week -
 
Contact
Department: Chemical Pathology
Address: Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, NT
Telephone: 2632 2685, 2632 2331
Facsimile: 2636 5090
Director: Professor C W K Lam (COS)
Contact: On-Duty Chemical Pathologist/Clinical Biochemist thro' hospital operator 2632 2211
Accreditation Status: NATA/RCPA Accredited Pathology Laboratory

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