Laboratory tests that require fasting

In examinations requiring fasting, you should not eat or drink for 10–12 hours before the blood test. Do not fast for more than 14 hours.

If necessary, you can have a glass of water during your fast.

We recommend taking fasting blood tests between 8 a.m. and 10 a.m.

If fasting is not required for the examination, you may eat a light meal before the test.

Examinations requiring fasting usually have a lowercase letter f in front of them, such as fP-Gluk.

Other considerations

• Please avoid alcoholic drinks 24 hours before sampling.

• Please do not smoke in the morning before sampling.

• Please do not consume caffeinated drinks (coffee, tea, etc.) before sampling.

• Diabetics should follow their doctor’s instructions about fasting.

• Infants are not required to fast. Small children should fast, if possible, unless otherwise instructed by the doctor.

Laboratory panels that require fasting

• Anaemia panel
• Health test panel for diabetics
• Test panel for lifestyle changers
• Vegetarian panel
• Test panel for female athletes
• Health test panel for children
• Test panel for depression symptoms
• Extensive health test panel for men
• Extensive health test panel for male potency
• Memory panel
• Hormone panel for women
• Health test panel for women
• Extensive health test panel for women
• Heartburn panel
• Test panel for pregnancy planning
• Test panel for sugar balance
• Heart panel
• Essential vitamins panel
• Essential vitamins and minerals panel
• Vitamins, minerals and trace elements panel

Laboratory tests that require fasting

• Vitamin A fS-A-Vit
• Aldosterone fS-Aldos
• Angiotensin-1-converting enzyme fS-ACE
• Vitamin B1 fB-B1-Vit
• Vitamin B6 fB-B6-Vit
• Vitamin E fS-E-Vit
• Folate total blood fB-Folaat
• Folate red blood cells fE-Folaat
• Folate serum fS-Folaat
• Phosphate, inorganic fS-Pi
• Gastropanel fP-Gastpan
• Glucose plasma fP-Gluk
• Glucose serum fS-Gluk
• Glucose tolerance (0,1,2h) fP-Gluk-R1
• Glucose tolerance (0,2h) fP-GlukR1p
• Insulin fS-Insu
• Calcitonin fS-CT
• Calcium, ionised, from fasting serum fS-Ca-Ion
• Growth hormone fS-GH
• Cholesterol fS-Kol
• Cholesterol, high density lipoproteins fS-Kol-HDL
• Cholesterol, low density lipoproteins fS-Kol-LDL
• Chromogranin A fS-CgA
• Lactate fP-Lactaat
• Lipids fS-Lipidit
• Lipase fS-Lipaas
• Lipoprotein, apo A1 fS-LipoA1
• Lipoprotein, apo B fS-LipoB
• Pepsin 2 fS-Pepsin2
• C peptide, proinsulin fS-C-Pept
• Iron fS-Fe
• Transferrin fS-Transf
• Transferrin fS-TrFeSat
• Triglycerides fS-Trigly
• Urea fS-Urea