Procedure for taking clinical samples
Sample Requirements
|
Assay
|
Sample Type
|
Volume
(ml)
|
Container
|
|
Aluminium
|
Serum
|
1.5
|
No anti-coagulant
|
|
Copper
|
Serum
|
1.5
|
No anti-coagulant
|
|
Copper
|
Urine
|
10
|
Sterile plastic
|
|
Lead
|
Blood
|
1.5
|
Anti-coagulant
|
|
Manganese
|
Blood
|
1.5
|
Anti-coagulant
|
|
Mercury
|
Blood
|
1.5
|
Anti-coagulant
|
|
Selenium
|
Serum
|
1.5
|
No anti-coagulant
|
|
Zinc
|
Serum
|
1.5
|
No anti-coagulant
|
It is the responsibility of customers to submit samples in appropriate tubes/containers.
The management of samples marked critical or urgent will be agreed with a customer prior to submission of samples and detailed in the relevant Service Level Agreement
Last updated 19/09/2023
