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Name	Department	Specimen Type	Sample Container & Volume	Turnaround Time
Add On Test	Biochemistry	Various - see individual tests and check stability	Various - see individual tests
Adrenocortocotropic Hormone (ACTH)	Biochemistry	EDTA	3 mL Purple EDTA	6 working days
AFP	Biochemistry	Serum	5 mL - Red Tube	1 working day
Alanine Aminotransferase (ALT)	Biochemistry	Serum	5ml - Red Tube	1 working day
Albumin	Biochemistry	Serum , Fluid	5ml - Red Tube , Universal container - 5mL Fluid	1 working day
Alcohol (Ethanol)	Biochemistry	Serum	5 ml - Red tube	1 working day
Aldosterone	Biochemistry	EDTA Blood	4 mL EDTA Purple (2 bottles)	20 working days
Alkaline phosphatase (ALP)	Biochemistry	Serum	5 ml - Red Tube	1 working day
Alkaline phosphatase Isoenzymes - Referred to external agency, available to SJH patients only	Biochemistry	Serum	5 ml - Red Tube	28 days
Amikacin	Biochemistry	Peripheral blood	5 ml Red top serum tube	1 day
Ammonia - Referred to external agency	Biochemistry	Peripheral Blood	Purple EDTA - 3 mL	1 working day
Amylase	Biochemistry	Serum / Fluid / Random Urine	5 ml - Red Tube, Universal container - 5mL Fluid / 5mL Urine	4 hours
Androstenedione	Biochemistry	Serum	5 mL - Red Tube	10 working days
Angiotensin Converting Enzyme (ACE)	Biochemistry	Serum	5 ml - Red Tube	6 working days
Anti epileptic drugs (Chalfont) - Referred to external agency, available to SJH/Neurology patients only.	Biochemistry	Serum	5 mL Red tube	30 days
Anti-Mullerian Hormone	Biochemistry	Serum	5ml - Red Tube	7 Working Days
Aspartamine Aminotransferase (AST)	Biochemistry	Serum	5mL - Red Tube	1 working day
ADAMTS-13 activity assay	Haematology	Peripheral Blood	2 x 3ml Light Blue Tri-Sodium Citrate samples	ADAMTS-13 activity assay = same day for samples received before 1pm Monday -Friday. Samples received after this time will be analysed and reported the following working day, unless an urgent result is required. This will require authorisation from the Coagulation Consultant on call. IgG anti-ADAMTS-13 assay = 14 days from receipt in external lab.
Alpha 2 anti-plasmin	Haematology	Peripheral Blood	2 x 3ml Light Blue Tri-Sodium Citrate samples	14 days from receipt in external laboratory
Anti-Intrinsic Factor Antibody	Haematology	Serum 14days post B12 injection	5 ml Serum Red top	7 working days
Antithrombin	Haematology	Peripheral Blood	See Thrombophilia Screen	8 weeks
APCR	Haematology	Peripheral Blood	See Thrombophilia Screen	8 weeks
Apixaban	Haematology	Peripheral blood	2 x 3ml Light Blue Tri-Sodium Citrate samples	5 working days
Argatroban	Haematology	Peripheral blood	2 x 3ml Light Blue Tri-Sodium Citrate samples	5 working days
Acetylcholine Receptor Antibodies	Immunology	Clotted blood	5ml Red.	Up to 8 weeks
Adrenal Antibodies	Immunology	Clotted blood	5ml Red.	Up to 8 weeks
ALEX2 Component Allergy Testing	Immunology	Clotted Blood	5ml Red.	28 days
Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Phenotyping	Immunology	Clotted blood	5ml Red	Up to 8 weeks
Alpha-1-Antitrypsin	Immunology	Clotted Blood	5ml Red	4 days
Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibodies (ANCA)	Immunology	Clotted blood	5ml Red.	3 days.
Antinuclear Antibodies (ANA)	Immunology	Clotted blood	5ml Red.	21 days.
Autoimmune Encephalitis Panel	Immunology	Serum sample and/or CSF	Serum sample and/or CSF 5ml red. and/or universal containing a minimum of 200ul of CSF	21 days
Abscess culture	Microbiology	Pus is always preferable to a swab. If insufficient send a swab well soaked in pus.	Sterile universal container or copan swab	4 days
Anti-streptolysin O titre	Microbiology	Peripheral blood	6 ml clotted Red top serum tube	1 working day, once received by the referral laboratory
Antifungal susceptibility testing	Microbiology	Isolate (on slope/agar)	Slope/agar plate/sterile universal container	2 working days
Ascitic fluid culture	Microbiology	Ascitic fluid	5 mL in sterile universal container Send the sample in an EDTA tube with the correct order if cell count required. Send the sample in a red topped tube with the correct order if protein required. Send the sample in a separate sterile universal with the correct order if cytology is required. Once Microbiology had processed the fluid it is unsuitable for cytology	3 days
Albumin (SJH patients only)	Transfusion Medicine	None	None	Urgent 20mins Routine 1hour Code Red NA
Anti D (SJH patients only)	Transfusion Medicine	None	None	Urgent 20mins Routine 1hour Code Red NA
Adenovirus PCR	Virology	Peripheral blood	3 mL whole Blood EDTA Purple Top	2 days

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