Patients Fasting — No food or drink (except water in small amounts) for twelve hours prior to the time blood is drawn for the following tests. Patients who are non-fasting will be asked to return fasting.
Folate (folic acid)
Glucose (as individual test)
Glucose tolerance test
Growth hormone
Iron (**also requires early a.m. draw due to diurnal variation**)
Lactose tolerance test
Lipid profile
Triglycerides (as individual test)
Vitamin B12
Ideally, patient should be fasting for the following tests; but we will perform testing on a non-fasting patient with a comment noting their non-fasting status to be included as part of the final report:
