Test Category: Haematology
Investigation Name:Platelet Aggregation
Pathology Laboratory:Haematology Laboratory (Referred Test)
Requestable Seperately?Yes
Minimum Sample Volume:30ml
Expected Turnaround Time:4 weeks
Test Code:PLAG
Sample Type:
Sodium Citrate Tube (Blue top) x 10 (30 mL in total required for assay)Collection Conditions / Other Information:Samples need to arrive at reference laboratory ASAP. Phone first to book test with lab BEFORE clinician takes samples.
Up to 16yrs of age only.
Urgent taxi is needed to arrive in Birmingham within 1 hr. Do not centrifuge blood,
Reference Laboratory Details:Coagulation Department
Haematology Department
Paediatric Block
Birmingham Children’s Hospital NHS foundation Trust
Steele House Lane
Birmingham
B4 6NH
Referred to Another Laboratory?Yes
Reference Lab Code:BCH
Contact Number:0121 3339870
