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


Selenium
Order Code: SES
Order Form: A-1a Miscellaneous Request or IPR Req
  Commercial "Mail-out" Laboratory
6240 RCP
356-3527
Specimen
Serum
Collection Medium:
Royal Blue top tube; serum, no additive
Minimum:
Preferred Minimum:  2.0 mL serum from Royal Blue (no additive) tube
Adult and Pediatric Absolute Mimimum:  0.5 mL serum from Royal Blue
  (no additive) tube
Rejection Criteria:
Gel separator tubes
Analytic Time:
3 working days
Reference Range:
23 - 190 mcg/L
Comments:
Specimen must be drawn in special (no additive) royal blue trace metal 
tube available from Specimen Control, 6240 RCP.
Test
Limitations:
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:
84255

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Updated: 08/11/2008

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