ZRT
Laboratory is pleased to announce an exciting new test - Vitamin
D (25-OH, Total) in blood spot by liquid chromatography/tandem mass
spectrometry (LC-MS/MS).
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Why
test Vitamin D?
Vitamin D deficiency is very common, particularly in northern climates
with little sunshine. Vitamin D has been found to be important in
protecting the body from a wide range of diseases, including cardiovascular
disease, stroke, osteoporosis, osteomalacia, cancer, autoimmune
diseases such as multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, diabetes
(types 1 and 2), and schizophrenia.
Until
now, venipuncture blood serum has been the standard medium for testing
Vitamin D. To overcome the issues of inconvenience to the patient
and practitioner, ZRT has developed and refined Vitamin D testing
in blood spots. A few drops of blood from a quick and nearly painless
nick of the finger, placed on a filter paper to dry are all that
is needed. This can be done at home, meaning no more painful venous
needle sticks or the inconvenience of driving to a blood collection
center.
How
does the new blood spot Vitamin D assay compare with conventional
venipuncture serum testing? ZRT has shown conclusively that this
new blood spot testing method is quantitatively equivalent to conventional
serum Vitamin D testing by LC-MS/MS.
For
mor information, click here for product
data sheet: Vitamin D Testing in Blood Spot.
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