Rapid anemia test RBC Folate

folic acidserumplasma

Red blood cell (RBC) folate is considered the most reliable indicator of folate status as it reflects tissue stores more closely and is less sensitive to short-term dietary effects. Compared with serum folate, RBC folate can be an indicator of long-term folate status (3 months), and is also recommended by WHO as the only folate marker to prevent NTDs (birth defects). Advantage of RealMind RBC Folate includes: · Automatic on-board sample hemolysis (others may need manual sample preparation that takes about 1-1.5hr) · Automatic on-board HCT measurement & calculation (others may require a second blood sample for an extra HCT test) · High-sensitive test with precision CV≤3% (others may have poor test precision & sensitivity due to methodology)