| Specimen: |
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Collect: |
One 7 mL Royal Blue (EDTA)
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Submit: |
7 mL (Min:1.5 mL) Whole blood. Submit Ambient.
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Special Handling: |
Patient Prep: Diet, medication, and nutritional supplements may introduce interfering substances. Patients should be encouraged to discontinue nutritional supplements, vitamins, minerals, non-essential over-the-counter medications (upon the advice of their physician), and avoid shellfish and seafood for 48 to 72 hours.
Stability (collection to initiation of testing): Mercury is volatile; concentration may reduce after seven or more days of storage. If the specimen is drawn and stored in the approprate container, the arsenic, cadmium, and lead values do not change with time. |
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Rejection Criteria: |
Heparin Anticoagulant |
| Methodology: |
Spectrophotometry; Quantitative Atomic Absorption/Quantitative Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry |
| Performed: |
Mon-Sat |
| Reported: |
2-5 Day(s) |
| CPT Codes: |
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| Interpretive Data: |
Please see report for interpretive data. |
| Components: |
| 93001 - LEAD, BLOOD | 93370 - MERCURY, BLOOD |
| 91026 - ARSENIC, BLOOD | 91038 - CADMIUM, BLOOD |
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