The Endocrine Society of Australia (ESA), Australasian Association of Clinical Biochemists (AACB) and Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia (RCPA) formed a joint working group to address the harmonisation of dynamic endocrine test protocols (HEDT) within Australia and New Zealand which has been recently endorsed by the New Zealand Society of Endocrinology (NZSE). The final protocols are freely accessible from the society websites and adaptable for local use. The working group aims to provide evidence based, updated protocols which remove unnecessary differences, provide common cut-off and testing procedure, as well as information on assay differences.
This presentation provides an opportunity to clarify and discuss controversies surrounding endocrine dynamic tests using illustrative case studies.