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Storage/transport Send immediately to the laboratory at ambient temperature.
Current UKHSA guidance relating to MPox can be found here.
Restricted to Palliative Care Team.
Reference ranges Please refer to individual test web pages. Further information Please refer to individual test web pages.
You are likely to bleed a lot if you cut yourself.
Urine myoglobin is no longer considered appropriate due to its lack of specificity.
Various medications have been used to treat vasovagal syncope.
Please refer to Trust treatment guidelines for further information.
The area may be swollen, warm and tender to touch or move. Some finger infections cause the finger to be held in a bent position.
Should we need to contact you, we will use the requestor’s information as provided.
You may have to wait in a corridor until a cubicle or ward bed is available.
For further information or advice go to Cancer Research or Macmillan
Can also be used to monitor patients having immunoglobulin replacement therapy.
3 months for sero-conversion to occur Additional tests are performed on all HIV screening positive samples for confirmation.
Send at ambient temperature to the laboratory on the day of sample collection.
No hook effects could be observed for concentrations up to 7 fold above the measuring ranges.
Further information To learn more visit Lab Tests Online Page last updated 28/07/2025
Link to other related testing, e.g. Iron stain and trephine
Higgins Mouth: Gateway to VAP M. McPherson, S.
Further information To learn more about CSF testing, visit Lab Tests Online. Page last updated: 29/04/2024