Specimen:

Whole Blood

Collection Medium:

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:

1 week

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