Potassium, Fluid

Overview
Department	Biochemistry
Test Code
Synonyms	Fluid K+   Fluid electrolytes
\Availability	Monday - Sunday, testing routinely available out of hours
Turnaround Time	2 - 8 hrs
Stability – Add test
Specimen Requirements
Specimen	Fluid
Preferred	5 mL
Acceptable
Unacceptable	Viscous fluid Moderately and grossly haemolysed samples
Specimen Transportation
Paediatric Requirements
Aliquot Requirements
Sample
Preferred Volume
Minimum Volume
Aliquot Transportation
Clinical Information
Reference Intervals	Refer to Chemical Pathologist (Please phone extn 7881 for oncall pathologist information.)
Test Method	Abbott Alinity c series analyser using Abbott reagents.  Indirect by Ion Selective Electrode.
Advanced Notice	Not Required
Patient Preparation
Comments

Owner	Clair Crossley (Crossley1)
Last reviewed	23.09.2026
Next review	23.09.2027 (OK)