FER · Fer
Serum iron
The iron circulating in the blood.
- Sample
- Blood draw
- Tube
- Serum gel tube (gold cap) · gel séparateur · 0.5 mL
- Usual turnaround
- 4 h
- Price
- 500 DA Indicative prices, in dinars; the final amount is on your invoice.
- Nomenclature code
- B-028
How to prepare
- Fasting for 8 hours: nothing to eat or drink except water.
- Sample in the morning, before 10:00.
What can influence it
The time of the draw, some medicines, recent exercise or illness.
Questions to ask your doctor
What does this result mean for me? Should it be repeated, and when? Should anything change in my treatment?
Your doctor will interpret the result with your history.