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SERVICES

 

 No

 Test

 Specimen collection

 Test Method

 Reference Interval

Tube

 TAT

 1

 HbA1c

1.0 ml for peadiatric  to 2.0 / 3.0 ml blood into *EDTA tube. Mix gently

 Capillary  electrophoresis

 Malaysian CPG:

 

 NGSP(%)

IFCC (mmol/mol) 

Normal 

 < 5.6

 38

 Pre-diabetic

 5.6 – 6.2

 38 – 44

 Diabetic

 ≥6.3

 45

 

   

 

  8 working hours

 2

 Aldosterone

2.5 - 3.5 ml blood into gel tube.

 Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA)

Supine

33.24 – 436.28pmol/L

Upright

36.84 – 641.00pmol/L

 

 

 2-3 months

 3

 IGF-1

2.5- 3.5 ml blood into gel tube.

Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA)

Pre-pubertal

42 – 98 μg/L

Pubertal

152 – 565 μg/L

19 – 39 years old

138.8 – 353.1 μg/L

40 – 59 years old

111.4 – 256.8 μg/L

61 – 80 years old

86.0 – 213.8 μg/L

 

  

 

 2-3 months

 4

 Plasma Renin Activity

2.0 /3.0 ml blood into *EDTA tube, mix gently. Send immediately to the lab

 Radioimmunoassay

Supine (early morning)

0.32 – 1.84 ng/mL/hr

Upright (2 hours)

0.60 – 4.18 ng/mL/hr

 

  

 5

 TSH Receptor Antibody (TRAB)

2.5- 3.5 ml  blood into gel tube.

1.5 ml blood in gel tube (paediatric)

 Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA)

Negative

≤ 1 U/L

Positive

> 1.5 U/L

Indeterminate

1.1 – 1.5 U/L

 

 

 

 2-3 months

 6

 17-OH Progesterone

Note sampling time. Collect :

2.5- 3.5 ml blood into gel tube.

1.5 ml blood in gel tube (paediatric)

 Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA)

Adult men

1.52 – 6.36 nmol/L

Adult women

Follicular phase

0.30 – 2.42nmol/L

Luteal phase

1.82 – 6.97 nmol/L

Third trimester of pregnancy

6.06 – 38.36 nmol/L

Peadiatrics

 Neonate

Girl : 7.27 – 50.90

Boy: 0.0 -24.24

1 – 2 months

Girl : 4.85 – 29.39

Boy: 10.91 - 41.10

2 – 3 months 

Girl : 0.30 - 9.39 

 Boy: 5.25 - 12.12

3 - 14 years

0.21 - 5.15

 

 

 2-3 months

7

Islet cell

 2.5- 3.5 ml  blood into gel tube.

1.5 ml blood in gel tube (paediatric)

Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA)

Negative

< 0.7 IU/ml

Borderline

0.7-1.0 IU/ml

Positive

>1.0 IU/ml

 

 

 2-3 months

8

Anti-GAD

2.5- 3.5 ml  blood into gel tube.

1.5 ml blood in gel tube (paediatric)

Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA)

Negative

< 5.0 IU/ml

Positive

> 5.0 IU/ml

 

 

 2-3 months

9

Urine Metanephrine

24 Hours Urine

 

Liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry

 

* Outsource. 

* Please contact laboratory to get the specimen container.

 

 1 month

 

ENDOCRINE

OPERATION HOUR

Monday - Wednesday

8.10am - 5.10pm

1pm - 2pm (rest)

Thusday

8.10am – 3.40pm

1pm - 2pm (rest)

Friday – Saturday

Public Holiday

Closed
 

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