PLT · Plaquettes
Platelet count
The cells that help blood clot.
- Sample
- Blood draw
- Tube
- EDTA tube (lavender cap) · EDTA K2 · 0.5 mL
- Usual turnaround
- 3 h
- Price
- 400 DA Indicative prices, in dinars; the final amount is on your invoice.
- Nomenclature code
- B-033
How to prepare
No particular preparation.
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.