89610:BERYLLIUM (Be)
Author PeaceHealth Laboratories
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Methodology: |
Inductively Coupled Plasma/Mass Spectrometry (ICP/MS) |
Edit Date: |
12/12/2007 |
Performed: |
Thursday |
Released: |
24-48 hours after setup at PeaceHealth Laboratories’ reference lab. |
CPT Code: |
83018-90 |
Specimen Collection Details |
Collection: |
One 6 mL royal blue top trace element serum tube. Also acceptable: One 6 mL royal blue top trace element K2 tube, or whole blood (EDTA). |
Handling: |
Allot to clot, centrifuge and separate serum or plasma from cells and pour into a plastic vial. Do not freeze whole blood. |
Stability: |
Serum or plasma 14 days ambient, refrigerated, or frozen. Whole blood 14 days refrigerated. |
Standard Volume: |
1 mL serum, plasma, or whole blood. |
Minimum Volume: |
0.5 mL serum, plasma, or whole blood. |
Transport: |
Refrigerated. |
Rejection Criteria: |
Specimen received in SST, PST, or heparin; frozen whole blood. |
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Less than 1.0 mcg/L |
Reporting limit: 1.0 mcg/L |
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