Test Directory

Prolactin

Containers - Adult

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Brown Cap, Gel Clotted
Volume Range

0.2 ml

Additive per Container

None

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Orange Cap
Volume Range

​0.2 ml

Additive per Container

Lithium-heparin

Containers - Child

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Orange Cap - Paediatric
Volume Range

0.6 ml

Additive per Container

Lithium-heparin

Reference ranges

Total prolactin

Adults: 86 - 496 mU/L

Paed range:
28 days to 1 year: 110 - 1274 mU/L
1 - 18 years: 64 - 532 mU/L

Monomeric prolactin (following macroprolactin check)

50 - 310 mU/L

Laboratory Site

RIE
51 Little France Crescent
Old Dalkeith Road
Edinburgh
EH16 4SA
Telephone (Biochemistry): 0131 242 6806
SJH
Howden Road West
Howden
Livingston
West Lothian
EH54 6PP
Telephone (Biochemistry): 01506 52 3160/1
WGH
Crewe Road South
Edinburgh
EH4 2XU
Telephone (Biochemistry): 0131 537 1910/1

Availability

Normal working hours only.

Anticipated turnaround

4 days

General additional information

Raised in patients on some psychoactive drugs, in primary hypothyroidism, pregnancy, and with stressful venepuncture.

For further information on the potential for biotin interference please click here.