TIBC

Total iron-binding capacity is a medical laboratory test. The test measures the extent to which iron-binding sites in the serum can be saturated. Because the iron-binding sites in the serum are almost entirely on circulating transferrin, this is really an indirect measurement of the amount of transferrin in the blood. Taken together with serum iron and percent transferrin saturation clinicians usually perform this test when they are concerned about anemia, iron deficiency or iron deficiency ...