Specimen:
Collect
- One Royal Blue (EDTA)
- Random Urine in Sterile Specimen Container
Submit
- One 6 mL (Min:0.5 mL) Whole blood in Royal Blue (EDTA). Submit Refrigerated.
- One 3 mL Random Urine in Sterile Specimen Container. Submit Frozen. Submit in a Standard Transport Tube.
- Two 7 mL (Min:0.5 mL) Random Urine in Trace Element Free Tube. Submit Refrigerated.
- One 2 mL (Min:0.5 mL) Random Urine in Sterile Specimen Container. Submit Refrigerated. Submit in a Standard Transport Tube.
Special Handling
- Patient Prep: To avoid contamination, please collect specimens at the beginning of work shift. Blood and urine should be collected the same day.
Submit 4 aliquots for urine, labeled with test:
B2 Micro: Transfer 3 mL aliquot from original urine collection to an ARUP Standard Transport Tube. Adjust the pH of this specimen immediately after pouring off collection, so the pH is between 6 and 8. Use 1M HCl or 5 percent NaOH to adjust the urine pH. Label tube as 2 Microglobulin. Freeze within one hour of collection.
Stability: Ambient: 8 hours. Refrigerated: 2 days. Frozen: 2 months.
Cadmium: Transfer a total of 7 mL aliquot from original urine collection to two Trace Element-Free Transport Tubes. Label tube as Cadmium.
Stability: Ambient: 1 week. Refrigerated: 2 weeks. Frozen: 1 year.
Creatinine: No adjustment.
Stability: Ambient: 2 days. Refrigerated: 1 month. Frozen: 6 months.
Rejection Criteria
- Blood:
Specimens collected in tubes other than Royal Blue (EDTA).
Specimens transported in containers other than Royal Blue (EDTA) or Trace Element-Free transport tubes.
Clotted specimens.
Frozen whole Blood.
Urine:
Specimen transported in non trace element-free tube.
Specimen collected within 72 hours after administration of iodine or gadolinium-based contrast media.
Specimens containing blood of fecal materials.
Methodology
- Chemiluminescent Immunoassay
- Quantitative Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry
- Spectrophotometric
Performed
Mon-Fri
Reported
2-6 Day(s)
CPT Codes
- 82232
- 82300x2
Interpretive Data
Please see report for interpretive data.
Components
- 93032 - CADMIUM, URINE
- 93029 - CADMIUM, URINE
- 91038 - CADMIUM, BLOOD
- 93218 - B2 MICROGLOBULIN
- 93173 - B2 MICROGLOBULIN
- 93008 - CREAT, UR
- 93208 - PH
Last Updated: August 8, 2025 @ 9:13 am
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