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Thallium

Specimen:

Collect

  • One Royal Blue (EDTA)

Submit

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

Special Handling

  • Patient Prep: Diet, medication, and nutritional supplements may introduce interfering substances. Patients should be encouraged to
    discontinue nutritional supplements, vitamins, minerals, and non-essential over-the-counter medications (upon the advice of their
    physician).
    If sample is drawn and stored in the appropriate container the trace element values do not change with time.

Rejection Criteria

  • Clotted Specimen
  • Heparin Anticoagulant
  • Specimen submitted frozen
  • Specimens collected in tubes other than Royal Blue (EDTA). Specimens transported in containers other than a Royal Blue (EDTA) tube or Trace Element-Free Transport Tube.

Methodology

  • Quantitative Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry

Performed

Sun-Sat

Reported

2-4 Day(s)

CPT Codes

  • 83018

Components

  • 91565 - THALLIUM
Last Updated: December 10, 2024 @ 10:13 am

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