Test Code DIGX Digoxin
Specimen Requirements
Specimen Type: Serum
Container/Tube: Gold Top (SSTII)
Volume: 5.0mL
Minimum Volume: 0.5mL serum
Collection Instructions: Allow specimen to clot for 30 minutes and centrifuge within 2 hours
Sample Stability
** Preferred temperatures for storage prior to and during shipping to NUH **
Specimen Type: | Serum |
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Ambient: | 8 hours |
Refrigerate: | 48 hours |
Frozen: | 7 days |
Reference Interval
Therapeutic range | 0.5 to 1.2 ug/L |
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Critical | > 2.4 ug/L |
Days and Times Performed
24 hours, TAT 1 day
Methodology
Particle-enhanced turbidimetric inhibition immunoassay (PETINIA)
Service Code
31809
Update
Last updated 26/02/2022
Unacceptable Condition
Haemolysis | NA |
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Icterus | NA |
Lipaemic | NA |
Others | NA |
Testing Laboratory
National University Hospital
Clinical Chemistry, 67724346
Useful For
Therapeutic drug monitoring.