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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