The Effect of Fasting Time on Triglyceride Measurement Results

摘要

Measurement of serum lipids in the Laboratory is influenced by pre-analytic, analytic and post-analytic factors. One of the pre-analytic factors is the specimen, which is related to the patient's preparation. Based on the Decree of the Minister of Health of the Republic of Indonesia Number 1792/MENKES/SK/XII/2010 regarding guidelines for clinical chemical examinations, patient preparation for specimen collection in basal conditions, patients must fast for 12 hours before blood is drawn. The results of a preliminary survey of 30 laboratory workers at the Hospital/Puskesmas/Clinical Laboratory found variations in information on the answer to fasting for triglyceride examination. The research method was an experimental study, respondents were given fasting for 8 hours, 10 hours and 12 hours then blood was taken and triglycerides were measured after 8 hours, 10 hours and 12 hours. The purpose of the study was to determine the effect of fasting time on triglyceride measurement results. Based on ANOVA test shows that the value of sig.0.000 <α = 0.01 means that H_0 is processed so that it can be concluded that there are differences in the effect of triglyceride values based on the time of fasting. Based on the post Hoc results The effect of fasting time of 10 hours by 12 hours is the same as the triglyceride values.