| Specimen: |
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Collect: |
One 7 mL Royal Blue (EDTA)
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Submit: |
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Special Handling: |
Immediately centrifuge and remove plasma - submit RBCs ONLY |
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Rejection Criteria: |
Clotted Specimen
Whole blood samples with RBCs not separated |
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Stability: |
Ambient: 1 Week(s); Refrigerated: 2 Week(s); Frozen: Unacceptable; Incubated: Unacceptable |
| Methodology: |
Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP); Mass Spectrometry (MS) |
| Performed: |
Monday, Thursday |
| Reported: |
3-7 Day(s) |
| CPT Codes: |
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| Interpretive Data: |
General Reference Range : 1.5-3.1 mmol/L
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