93370 Mercury, Blood

Specimen:

Collect:

One 7 mL Royal Blue (EDTA)

Submit:

7 mL (Min:0.5 mL) Whole blood. Submit Ambient.

Special Handling:

Specimen Preparation: Transport 7 mL whole blood in the original collection tube. (Min: 0.5 mL)

Patient Prep: 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), 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.

Rejection Criteria:

Heparin Anticoagulant

Stability:

Ambient: 1 Week(s); Refrigerated: Unacceptable; Frozen: Unacceptable; Incubated: Unacceptable

Methodology:

Quantitative Atomic Absorption; Quantitative Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry

Performed:

Sun-Sat, Mon-Sat

Reported:

2-5 Day(s)

CPT Codes:

83825

Interpretive Data:

General Reference Range : 0-10 ug/L