![Container: Serum (Gold top)](/sites/default/files/styles/blood_test/public/blood_test/24.jpg?itok=zwsnxFWF)
Sample type: Serum
Test name: Potassium
Special precautions & notes: Potassium is artefactually raised in sample haemolysis and samples which have been delayed in reaching laboratory
Reference range: 3.5 - 5.3 mmol/L, See document below for Reference Ranges in Children (ages 0-18 years).
Container: Serum (Gold top)
Ideal volume (mL): 5 mL
Referred outside NBT for analysis? No
Discipline: Clinical Biochemistry
Section: Automated Laboratory
Turnaround time: Hospital patients 4 hours; GP patients 24 hours
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