81640:BORON (B)
Author PeaceHealth Laboratories
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| Methodology: |
Inductively Coupled Plasma / Mass Spectrometry (ICP/MS) |
| Edit Date: |
9/9/2010 |
| Performed: |
Friday |
| Released: |
24-48 hours after setup at PeaceHealth Laboratoires’ reference lab |
| CPT Code: |
83018-90 |
| Specimen Collection Details |
| Collection: |
One 6 mL royal blue trace element serum tube. Also acceptable: One royal blue top tace element K2 (EDTA) tube. |
| Handling: |
Centrifuge and separate serum or plasma into a metal-free plastic vial. Refrigerate. |
| Stability: |
14 days ambient, 14 days refrigerated, or 14 days frozen. |
| Standard Volume: |
2 mL serum or plasma |
| Minimum Volume: |
2 mL serum or plasma |
| Transport: |
Refrigerated. |
| Comments: |
Useful for determining overexposure or poisining. |
| Rejection Criteria: |
Glass container; gel separation tube (SST or PST). |
