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Laboratory Medicine

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Alanine AminoTransferase (ALT)

Test Name

Alanine AminoTransferase (ALT)

Gold Tube Specimen Type / Requirements

Container Type = 1 Gold Top (SST)

Minimum Testing Volume = 1 ml serum

Tube must fill to at least ½ or greater of its vacuum capacity

Specimen Handling

Collection Instructions: Serum or heparinized plasma collected with or without gel separator. Gently invert tube 5-8 times.

Write your initials, date and time of collection on the collection label or requisition.

Special Instructions Serum or heparinized plasma free from hemolysis collected with or without gel separator. Separate serum or plasma from cells within 2 hours of collection

Rejection Criteria: Gross hemolysis, Unlabeled or Not Sufficient Quantity Samples will be rejected.

Stability: Stable separated from cells at room teperature for 8 hrs and refrigerated or frozen for 1 week.

Transportation: Send sample to core lab as soon as possible.

Required Documentation

Turnaround Time (TAT)

1 hour for Trauma / Stat - 2 hours for routine

Test Utilization

Routine

Reference Value

10 - 45 U/L

Test Code

ALT

Methodology

Spectrophotometric (Kinetic rate method)

Testing Location

SMH-Biochemistry

Other Information