Test Directory

Tri-iodothyronine, total (total T3)

Brown Cap, Gel Clotted	Volume Range 0.5 ml Additive per Container None
Orange Cap	Volume Range 0.5 ml Additive per Container Lithium-heparin

Orange Cap - Paediatric	Volume Range 0.40 ml Additive per Container Lithium-heparin

Adult: 1.3 - 3.1 nmol/L

0 - 1 year: 1.9 - 3.6 nmol/L
1 year - 12 years: 1.7 - 3.0 nmol/L
12 - 16 years: 1.3 - 2.7 nmol/L
16 - 18 yrs: 1.3 - 2.4 nmol/L

RIE

51 Little France Crescent
Old Dalkeith Road
Edinburgh
EH16 4SA

Telephone (Biochemistry): 0131 242 6806

WGH

Crewe Road South
Edinburgh
EH4 2XU

Telephone (Biochemistry): 0131 537 1910/1

4 days

See notes under Thyroid investigations