Test Directory

Calcium

Brown Cap, Gel Clotted	Volume Range 0.1 ml Additive per Container None
Orange Cap	Volume Range 0.1 ml Additive per Container Lithium-heparin

2.2 - 2.6 mmol/L

birth - 7 days: 1.6 - 2.7 mmol/L

7days - 5 weeks: 2.3 - 3.0 mmol/L

5weeks - 1 year: 2.3 - 2.8 mmol/L

1 - 16 years: 2.2 - 2.7 mmol/L

>16 years: 2.2 - 2.6 mmol/L

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: 01506 523000

WGH

Crewe Road South
Edinburgh
EH4 2XU

Telephone (Biochemistry): 0131 537 1910/1

1 day

Approximate adjustment for low serum albumin: Ca (adjusted) = Ca (measured) + 0.015 x (42-albumin)