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Specimen Collection
1 mL Collect Fluid
Turnaround Time: Within 1 week
Assay Method

Principle:    Sandwich chemiluminescent immunoassay

Assay:         Diasorin

Analyser:   Diasorin Liaison

Diagnostic Use and Interpretation

For more information on Calcitonin- Blood

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Calcitonin

Contact Information

Emails to chemicalpathologist@adhb.govt.nz will receive priority attention from the on-call chemical pathologist.

If the query concerns a specific patient please include the NHI number in your email.

If email is not a suitable option, please contact the on-call chemical pathologist via Lablink (Auckland City Hospital ext. 22000 or 09-3078995).

Individual chemical pathologists may be contacted but will not be available at all times. 

After-hours : contact  Lablink (Auckland City Hospital ext. 22000 or 09-3078995) or hospital operator for on duty staff after hours.

Dr Samarina Musaad (Clinical Lead) : SamarinaM@adhb.govt.nz ext. 22402 

Dr Cam Kyle: CampbellK@adhb.govt.nz   ext 22052 

Dr Weldon Chiu: WeldonC@adhb.govt.nz   ext. 23427 

Dr Campbell Heron: CHeron@adhb.govt.nz   ext. 23427

Dr Sakunthala Jayasinghe: Sakunthala@adhb.govt.nz ext. 23427

Specimen Transport Instructions for Referring Laboratories

Calcitonin -Other fluids - separate and freeze as soon as possible Stable: Room temperature   2 hours Refrigerated               19 hours Minimum volume       0.5 mL

Transport to LabPlus as a frozen aliquot.

Last updated at 15:26:00 06/01/2025