Urate

Container: Serum (Gold top)

Sample type: Serum

Test name: Urate a.k.a. uric acid

Condition / Indication: Gout

Special precautions & notes: Reference range not appropriate in pregnancy.

Reference range: Males: 200 - 430 umol/L ,Females: 140 - 360 umol/L

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