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Test Code: hsTnI Preferred Name Troponin I (high sensitivity)

Results Avail After Hours:Yes

Urgent:1 hour

Test Frequency:All hours

Routine:2 hours

MBS Status:Medicare Item

Min. Re-Test Interval:N/A

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Test Tubes

Specimen Type	Specimen Volume	Tube Type
Blood (adult)	4 mL	PST 4.5 mL Li Heparin Gel (Lt Green top)
Blood (paediatric)	500 µL	PST Li Heparin Paed (Light Green top)
Blood (neonatal)	500 µL	PST Li Heparin Paed (Light Green top)

COLLECTION NOTES

A separate Lithium Heparin (green top) tube should be collected for this test.
(If additional tests are to be performed, a second tube should be collected.)

GENERAL NOTES

Medical Beneifits Schedule, Category 6, P17.4 Groups of Tests:
Cardiac Enzymes/Cardiac Markers is a recognised abbreviation for a test associated with item numbers 66518 and 66519.
Item 66518 is for a single estimation within a 24 hour period. Item 66519 is for 2 or more estimations in a 24 hour period.

APPLICATION: Diagnosis of myocardial infarction, myocarditis or myocardial injury. The assay is specific for the Troponin I isoform that occurs only in myocardium.

Mater Pathology measures high-senstivityTroponin I (not T).