Cadmium
| Order Code: | CDB |
| Epic Lab Code: | LAB2772 |
| Order Form: | A-1a Miscellaneous Request or Epic Req |
Commercial Mail-out Laboratory
6240 RCP
356-3527
6240 RCP
356-3527
Specimen:
Blood
Collection Medium:
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| Royal Blue K2 EDTA tube |
Minimum:
Adult minimum: 7.0 mL whole blood from Royal Blue (K2 EDTA) tube
Absolute minimum: 0.5 mL whole blood from Royal Blue (K2 EDTA) tube
Rejection Criteria:
Heparinized anticoagulant specimens.
Analytic Time:
3 working days upon receipt at reference laboratory
Reference Range:
0.0 - 5.0 mcg/L
Comments:
Royal Blue trace metal tube available from the Clinical Pathology Core Laboratory, 6240 RCP.
Test
Limitations:
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 a royal blue Na2EDTA tube.
Methodology:
Inductively Coupled Plasma/Mass Spectrometry
CPT Code:
82300