Specimen:
Collect
- One Royal Blue (EDTA)
Submit
- 7 mL (Min:0.5 mL) Whole blood . Submit Ambient.
Special Handling
- Patient Prep: Diet, medication, and nutritional supplements may introduce interfering substances. Patients should be encouraged to
discontinue nutritional supplements, vitamins, minerals, and non-essential over-the-counter medications (upon the advice of their
physician).
If sample is drawn and stored in the appropriate container the trace element values do not change with time.
Rejection Criteria
- Clotted Specimen
- Heparin Anticoagulant
- Specimen submitted frozen
- Specimens collected in tubes other than Royal Blue (EDTA). Specimens transported in containers other than a Royal Blue (EDTA) tube or Trace Element-Free Transport Tube.
Methodology
- Quantitative Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry
Performed
Sun-Sat
Reported
2-4 Day(s)
CPT Codes
- 83018
Components
- 91565 - THALLIUM
Last Updated: November 21, 2024 @ 10:13 am
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