ARUP's Laboratory Test Directory

0070065: Ferritin

Test Mnemonic: FERITN
Methodology: Chemiluminescent Immunoassay

Performed: Sun-Sat

Reported: Within 24 hours

Specimen Required:  
Collect: One 4 mL SST. Also acceptable: PST, lavender (EDTA), pink (K2EDTA), or green (sodium or lithium heparin).

Transport: 1 mL serum or plasma, frozen. (Min: 0.5 mL) Submit specimen in an ARUP Standard Transport Tube.

Pediatric Collection/Transport: 0.3 mL serum or plasma, frozen.

Remarks: Allow specimen to clot completely at room temperature.  Separate serum or plasma from cells ASAP.

Unacceptable Conditions: Grossly hemolyzed specimens.

Stability: After separation from cells: Ambient: 8 hours; Refrigerated: 2 days; Frozen: 3 months

Reference Interval:
At birth, ferritin levels average 100 ng/mL and rise to a peak of about 350 ng/mL at one month. During the next five months, ferritin levels fall to about 30 ng/mL (Blood 43:581, 1974).
 
Age: Male: Female:
0-6 months
7-35 months
3-14 years
15-19 years
20-29 years
30-39 years
40-49 years
50 years and older 		6-400 ng/mL
12-57 ng/mL
14-80 ng/mL
20-155 ng/mL
38-270 ng/mL
48-420 ng/mL
30-490 ng/mL
30-530 ng/mL 		6-430 ng/mL
12-60 ng/mL 
12-73 ng/mL
12-90 ng/mL
12-114 ng/mL
12-160 ng/mL
12-240 ng/mL
18-340 ng/mL

CPT Code(s):
82728

 

 

 
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