Clotting Screen
Alias: N/A
Discipline: Coagulation
Test information: Blood clotting tests are used to diagnose and assess bleeding problems and to monitor people who take warfarin or other anticoagulant medicines.
- Specimen Type(s)
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- Blood;
- Other Acceptable Specimen Type(s)
- N/A
- Specimen Container - Adult
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- Light Blue Top BD;
- Specimen Container - Paediatric
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- N/A;
- Analytes
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- N/A;
- Part of a test profile?
- No
- Volume (min) of sample to be sent to laboratory
- 4ml
- Patient Preparation, Sample Handling and Transport
- Coagulation samples are volume critical, if a patient is difficult to bleed paediatric tubes (1.3ml) are available on request. Some patients with a grossly raised Haematocrit (HCT) >0.57 may give erroneous coagulation test results - individual patient adjusted volume coagulation tubes are available on request from the laboratory. Sample to be tested within 4 hrs of collection. Please make a note of any anticoagulants and/or bleeding/bruising symptoms.
- Maximum add on time
- 4 hours
- Units and Reference Ranges / Interpretation
- 0.8 - 1.2 (ratio)
- UKAS number
- 8869
- UKAS accredited test?
- Yes
- Comments
- N/A
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Last updated: 05-01-2024