Aluminum
| Label Mnemonic: | ALS |
| Epic code: | LAB2573 |
| Downtime form: | Doctor/Provider Orders - Pathology Core and Specialty Care Nursery |
Commercial Mailout Laboratory
6240-8 RCP
356-8593
6240-8 RCP
356-8593
Specimen(s):
Serum
Collection Medium:
 |
| Royal Blue top tube; serum, no additive |
Minimum:
6 mL serum from red top (no additive) tube available from
Specimen Control, 6240 RCP.
Patient Preparation: Diet, medication, and nutritional supplements may introduce interfering substances. Patient should be encouraged to discontinue nutritional supplements, vitamins, minerals, and non-essential over-the-counter medications (upon the advice of their physician).
Patient Preparation: Diet, medication, and nutritional supplements may introduce interfering substances. Patient should be encouraged to discontinue nutritional supplements, vitamins, minerals, and non-essential over-the-counter medications (upon the advice of their physician).
Rejection Criteria:
Plasma. Separator tubes. Specimens that are not separated from the red
cells or clot within 6 hours.
Delivery Instructions:
Keep at room temperature. Do not refrigerate.
Testing Schedule:
Testing performed Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays.
Turn Around
Time:
1-4 days upon receipt at reference laboratory.
Reference Range:
0.0 - 15.0 μg/L
Interpretive Data:
Serum aluminum greater than 50.0 μg/L is consistent with overload
and may correlate with toxicity.
Comments:
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:
Quantitative Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry
CPT Code:
82108