iron tests iron tests iron tests are groups of clinical chemistry laboratory blood tests that are used to evaluate body iron stores or the iron level in blood serum. iron testspurposeevaluate iron level other terms used for the same tests are iron panel, iron profile, iron indices, iron status or iron studies. tests serum iron ferritin transferrin total iron-binding capacity (tibc) transferrin saturation (iron saturation of transferrin) unsaturated iron binding capacity (uibc) transferrin receptor (tfr) related tests complete blood count (cbc), especially: hemoglobin, evf or total red blood cells (rbc count) mean corpuscular volume (mcv) mean corpuscular hemoglobin (mch) or mchc diagnosis iron panel serum iron transferrin and tibc transferrin saturation ferritin transferrin receptor related tests hb mcv iron deficiency anemia iron overload (hemochromatosis) * normal anemia of chronic disease * * porphyria cutanea tarda (pct) normal thalassemia sideroblastic anemia * megaloblastic anemia hemolytic anemia * * * * pregnancy or use of hormonal contraception normal * = or normal.