Heavy Metal Screen
Order Code: HMSB
Epic Lab Code: LAB3272
Order Form: A-1a Miscellaneous Request or Epic Req
Commercial Mail-out Laboratory
6240 RCP
356-3527
Specimen:
Blood
Collection Medium:
Royal Blue K2 EDTA tube
Minimum:
Preferred Minimum: 7 mL whole blood Adult/Pediatrics Absolute Minimum: 1.5 mL whole blood Mercury is volatile; concentration may reduce after seven or more days of storage. If the specimen is drawn and stored in the appropriate container, the arsenic and lead values do not change with time.
Rejection Criteria:
Heparin anticoagulant
Analytic Time:
5 days upon receipt at reference laboratory
Reference Range:
Components Reference Interval Arsenic, Blood 0.0-13.0 ug/L Mercury, Whole Blood 0-10 ug/L Lead, Blood (Venous) By report
Comments:
Includes Arsenic, Lead and Mercury.
Methodology:
Atomic Absorption/Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry
CPT Code:
82175 Arsenic, 83655 Lead, 83825 Mercury