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Laboratory Medicine

Test catalogue

Estrone (ESTR)

Test Name

Estrone (ESTR)

Gold Tube Specimen Type / Requirements

Container Type = Gold (SST)

Minimum Testing Volume for testing = 1mL Serum

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

Specimen Handling

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

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

Laboratory Staff Instructions: Centrifuge specimen and separate serum or plasma from cells within 2 hours of collection. Store specimens on -30 freezer near separation bench.

Stability: Stable at room temperature for 24hrs, refrigerated for 7 days and frozen at -20°C for 6 months.

Sample Rejection Criteria: Avoid Hemolysis, samples of non sufficient quantity.

Transportation: Transport at room temperature ASAP. Place on ice if time of collection to time sample get to lab exceeds 2hrs

Required Documentation

Turnaround Time (TAT)

7 day

Test Utilization

Reference Value

Female:

≤14 days: Not Established
Stage I: (>14 days and prepubertal): ≤ 108 pmol/L
Stage II: 37 - 122 pmol/L
Stage III: 55 - 160 pmol/L
Stage IV: 59 - 285 pmol/L
Stage V: 63 - 741 pmol/L

≥19 years:

Premenopausal: 63 - 741 pmol/L
Postmenopausal: 25 - 148 pmol/L

 

Male:

≤14 days: Not Established
Stage I: (>14 days and prepubertal): ≤ 60 pmol/L
Stage II: ≤ 82 pmol/L
Stage III: 37 - 93 pmol/L
Stage IV: 37 - 171 pmol/L
Stage V: 37 - 222 pmol/L

≥19 years: 37-222 pmol/L

Test Code

ESTR

Methodology

LC-MS/MS

Testing Location

SMH-Biochemistry

Other Information

Last Updated: May 02, 2022