Not to be confused with calcitonin
Procalcitonin is an acute inflammatory marker.
Procalcitonin is not offered by Canterbury Health Laboratories. Under exceptional circumstances, specimens may be sent to LabPLUS (Middlemore Hospital Laboratory) for analysis, however the result will not be available for several days. In most settings, the result will therefore not meaningfully impact on clinical decision making.
All procalcitonin requests will be rejected unless approved by a chemical pathologist before requesting. If you wish to discuss a procalcitonin request, please contact the laboratory 03 364 0300 and ask to speak to the duty chemical pathologist.
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