91237 Zinc, Serum - Interpath Laboratory, Inc.

91237 Zinc, Serum

Specimen:

Collect:

One 7 mL Royal Blue (No Additive)

Also Acceptable
One 7 mL Royal Blue (EDTA)

Submit:

2 mL (Min:0.5 mL) Serum. Submit Ambient.

Also Acceptable
2 mL (Min:0.5 mL) Plasma. Submit Ambient.

Special Handling:

Allow specimen to clot completely at room temperature
Separate from cells ASAP
Submit in trace element-free tube

Stability: If the specimen is drawn and stored in the appropriate container the trace element values do not change with time.

Rejection Criteria:

Grossly Hemolyzed Samples

Stability:

Ambient: 24 Month(s); Refrigerated: Unacceptable; Frozen: Unacceptable; Incubated: Unacceptable

Methodology:

Quantitative Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry

Performed:

Mon-Sat

Reported:

2-4 Day(s)

CPT Codes:

84630

Interpretive Data:

General Reference Range : 60-120 ug/dL