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AMMONIA, PLASMA

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Specimen Required

3 mL lithium heparin/sodium heparin blood.
Avoid haemolysis.

Storage/Transport

​Keep cold with ice and send immediately to the laboratory.

Method

​Spectrophotometry

Reference Interval / Value

​From 0 day : 16 - 53 umol/L

Turnaround Time

​Mean = 4 hrs, Range: 3 – 5 hrs

Day(s) Test Set up

​Daily

Change History Notes

  • 31 Mar 2020 12:05 PM

    ​Specimen Required, and Storage and Transport are updated on 31 Mar 2020.

  • 10 Jul 2017 12:55 PM

    Reference Interval has been last updated on 10 July 2017

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Last Updated - 13 Jun 2025