The University of Iowa (UIHC)
Department of Pathology
LABORATORY SERVICES HANDBOOK

Cadmium
Order Code: CDB
Order Form: A-1a Miscellaneous Request or IPR Req 		  Commercial "Mail-out" Laboratory
6240 RCP
356-3527 
Specimen
 
Blood
Collection Medium:
Royal Blue K2 EDTA tube 


Minimum:


Adult minimum: 7.0 mL whole blood from Royal Blue (K2 EDTA) tube
Absolute Adult minimum: 1.0 mL whole blood from Royal Blue
  (K2 EDTA) tube
Pediatric minimum: 0.5 mL whole blood from Royal Blue (K2 EDTA) tube


Rejection Criteria:


Heparinized anticoagulant specimens.


Analytic Time:


3 working days


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




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Updated: 07/11/2008

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