The University of Iowa (UIHC)
Department of Pathology
LABORATORY SERVICES HANDBOOK


Mercury
Order Code: HGB
Order Form: A-1a Miscellaneous Request or IPR Req
  Commercial "Mail-out" Laboratory
6240 RCP
356-3527
Specimen
Whole Blood
Collection Medium:
Royal Blue K2 EDTA tube
Alternate
Collection Media:
Royal Blue Na2 EDTA tube
Minimum:
2 ml whole blood in royal blue, Na2 EDTA, trace metal tube.
Analytic Time:
4 days
Reference Range:
0-10 ug/l
Comments:
Royal blue, EDTA, trace metal tube is available from Specimen Control, 
6240 RCP.
Methodology:
Inductively Coupled Plasma/Mass Spectrometry
CPT Code:
83825

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Updated: 05/22/2007

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