Methaemoglobin

Containers - Adult

Orange Cap	Volume Range 1.0 ml Additive per Container Lithium-heparin
Gas Syringe

Containers - Child

Pink Cap - Paediatric	Volume Range ​1.0 ml

Reference ranges

0 - 1.5% total Hb

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: 01506 523000

WGH

Crewe Road South
Edinburgh
EH4 2XU

Telephone (Biochemistry): 0131 537 1910/1

Transport arrangements

​Sample must be received by lab within one hour. Samples on ice must arrive within 4 hours.

Sample storage arrangements

​Transport to lab on ice, must be analysed within 4 hours of collection.

Special instructions for collection

Fill tube to top.

Anticipated turnaround

1 day