Bismuth
Order Code: BIS
Epic Lab Code: LAB2720
Order Form: A-1a Miscellaneous Request or Epic Req
Commercial Mail-out Laboratory
6240 RCP
356-3527
Specimen:
Whole Blood
Collection Medium:
Royal Blue K2 EDTA tube
Minimum:
Preferred Adult minimum = 7 mL whole blood from Royal Blue K2EDTA tube Absolute Adult minimum = 0.5 mL whole blood from Royal Blue K2EDTA tube
Rejection Criteria:
Heparin anticoagulant specimens
Analytic Time:
5 days upon receipt at reference laboratory
Reference Range:
0 - 5 mcg/L Elevated results from noncertified trace element-free collection tubes may be due to contamination. Elevated concentrations of trace elements in blood should be confirmed with a second specimen collected in a tube designed for trace element determinations, such as royal blue Na2EDTA tube.
Methodology:
Inductively Coupled Plasma/Mass Spectrometry
CPT Code:
83018