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Laboratory:

Clinical Biochemistry

Test Code:

VCG

Registration Instructions:

Costs: $150 (partial MBS rebate)

Specimen Types:

Urine random

Container Types:

Sterile Container

Adults Volume or Mass:

10 mL

Minimum/Paediatric Volume or Mass:

10 mL

Collection & Request Instructions:

Collect at ambient temperature

For diagnosis, samples taken during acute episodes are most suitable.

Otherwise, an early morning specimen is preferred but a random sample is also acceptable. Please provide brief clinical notes.

Transport Instructions:

Room Temperature

Processing Instructions:

Store at -20'C

External Laboratory:

Victorian Clinical Genetics Service

External Transport Instructions:

Send Frozen on Dry Ice