Aluminum
Order Code: ALS
Epic Lab Code: LAB2573
Order Form: A-1a Miscellaneous Request or Epic Req
Commercial Mail-out Laboratory
01250 PFP
356-3527
Specimen:
Serum or Plasma
Collection Medium:
Royal Blue top tube; serum, no additive
Alternate Collection Media:
Royal Blue K2 EDTA tube
Minimum:
Adult minimum: 2 mL serum or plasma minimum from special (no additive) royal blue trace metal tube or royal blue EDTA available from Specimen Control, 6240 RCP. Pediatric minimum: 0.5 mL serum or plasma minimum from special (no additive) royal blue trace metal tube or royal blue EDTA available from Specimen Control, 6240 RCP.
Rejection Criteria:
Gel separator tubes
Delivery Instructions:
Keep at room temperature. Do not refrigerate.
Turn Around Time:
4 working days upon receipt at reference laboratory
Reference Range:
0 - 15 ug/L
Interpretive Data:
Interpretive Data: Serum aluminum greater than 50 ug/L is consistent with overload and may correlate with toxicity.
Comments:
Elevated results from noncertified trace element-free tubes may be due to contamination. Elevated concentrations of trace elements in serum should be confirmed with a second specimen collected in a trace element- free tube, such as royal blue sterile tube (no additive).
Methodology:
Inductively Coupled Plasma/Mass Spectrometry
CPT Code:
82108