Test Directory

Coagulation Screen

Containers - Adult

S-Monovette Citrate 9NC, 2.9 ml, cap green, diameter 13 mm
S-Monovette Citrate 9NC, 2.9 ml, cap green, diameter 13 mm
Additive per Container

Sodium Citrate

Containers - Child

S-Monovette Citrate 9NC, 1.4 ml, cap green, diameter 8 mm
S-Monovette Citrate 9NC, 1.4 ml, cap green, diameter 8 mm
Additive per Container

Sodium Citrate

Reference ranges

 
Prothrombin Time (seconds)
APTT
(secs)
Fibrinogen
(g/L)
*Neonates Day1 - Day 4 
8.2 - 14.1
29.0 - 51.5
1.5-  4.0
* Day5 -Day 21
8.2 - 14.1
28.0 - 55.0
1.5 - 4.0
*Day22 - Day 84
8.2 - 14.1
28.0 - 50.0
1.5 - 4.0
*Infants Day85 -Day 175
8.2 - 14.1
28.0 - 45.0
1.5 - 4.0
*Infants Day175 - Year 1
9.0 - 12.0
28.0 - 40.0
1.5 - 4.0
1 year - Adult
9.0 - 12.0
21.0 - 28.0
1.5 – 4.0
*Applies to term infants – preterm infants may have a different value.

Laboratory Site

RIE
51 Little France Crescent
Old Dalkeith Road
Edinburgh
EH16 4SA
Telephone: 0131 536 1000
SJH
Howden Road West
Howden
Livingston
West Lothian
EH54 6PP
Telephone: 01506 523000
WGH
Crewe Road South
Edinburgh
EH4 2XU
Telephone: 0131 537 1000

Transport arrangements

​Samples should reach the laboratory as soon as possible, post collection.

Sample storage arrangements

Room Temperature

Special instructions for collection

The coagulation samples (green top) MUST be filled to the green line indicated on the tube.

How to request

TRAK / ICE / Request form

Anticipated turnaround

​1 day.

What happens if the result is positive or abnormal

​The laboratory will telephone abnormal results where it appears that these are likely to be clinically significant. Please provide an appropriate telephone or bleep number.

General additional information

​The Coagulation screen comprises:

  • Prothrombin Time (PT)
  • Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time (APTT)
  • Fibrinogen (Clauss)

It is sometimes referred to as the Clotting Screen.

 

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