Lipids

The Lipids programme is available as part of a comprehensive suite of programmes for the Clinical Laboratory to cover all of its basic core tests. These include:
Serum Chemistry, Urine Chemistry, ED Toxicology, Lipids, Bilirubin and Serum Indices.

Lipids Programme
Human individual donor material is used as the matrix for this programme with no analyte adjustment. Endogenous commutable material is distributed, similar donations of endogenous patient blood donations may be pooled. In addition a set of four single donor samples are distributed twice a year. Reference target values provided for Cholesterol and Triglyceride.

Frequency: Monthly

Samples per set: 4 x 1.0mL

Lipids Programme
Analyte	Approx. Range Covered
Cholesterol	2.5 - 9.5	mmol/L
Triglyceride	0.3 - 7.0	mmol/L
HDL cholesterol	0.6 - 2.5	mmol/L
LDL cholesterol	1.0 - 6.0	mmol/L
Apolipoprotein A1	0.8 - 2.4	g/L
Apolipoprotein B	0.3 - 2.0	g/L
Lipoprotein (a)	0.06 - 0.8	g/L
Non-HDL Cholesterol	1.5 - 6.5	mmol/L