Bilirubin Total, Blood - Saskatoon
Discipline
Biochemistry
Overview
Alias
- Bilirubin
Specimen Information
Specimen types accepted
- Plasma
Specimen collection container
- Preferred Collection Container: Blood -Light Green (Lithium Heparin gel)
- Alternative Collection Container: Blood – Gold (gel)
Required volume
- Optimal Volume: 4.5 mL Full collection tubes
- Minimum Volume: 1.0 mL
(Submitting the minimum volume makes it impossible to repeat the test or perform confirmatory/reflex testing. In some situations, a minimum volume may require a second collection.)
- Pediatric Volume
- Capillary Volume: 400 µL
Transport and stability
- 4 hours on cells
- 1 day at 15 - 25°C
- 7 days at 2 - 8°C
- Protect from light if testing delayed > 4 hours
Rejection criteria
- Specimens received where the proper collection protocols were not followed
- Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Acceptance and Rejection Criteria
Performance
Methodology
- Plasma/ serum: Diazo method (Spectrophotometric)
- Rural-colorimetric
Days/times performed
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Maximum laboratory time
- In Hospital reported within 2 hours
- Community urgent reported within 4 hours
- Community routine reported within 24 hours
- Critical results ≥ 300 µmol/L will be phoned (plasma) for patient ≤ 30 days
Specimen retention time
- 3 days
Other information
- Reflex Testing - Results ≥22 µmol/L will reflex a Direct Bilirubin
Last Updated: October 4, 2024