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Department
SEND OUTS
Reference Lab Test Number
ZNRBC
Refer To
Warde LabPrimary Collection Container
Royal Blue (K2EDTA) Trace Element
Alternate Collection Container
Dark blue sodium heparin, lavender EDTA, green sodium or lithium heparin.
Transport
Refrigerated in a Quest trace element transport tube (Lavendar label) or remove plasma and send RBC’s in original tube labeled “Packed RBC’s”
Preferred Transport Temperature
Refrigerated
Processing
Centrifuge and send 0.5 RBCs in a Quest trace element blood transport tube (lavender label) or remove plasma and send RBCs in original collection tube. Please label “Packed RBCs”.
Stability
Ambient: 7 days
Refrigerated: 10 days
Frozen: Unacceptable
Minimum Testing Volume
0.3 mL
Reference Range
9.0-14.7 mg/L
Methodology
Inductively Coupled Plasma/Mass Spectrometry
Performed
Tuesday-Saturday
Reported
5-7 days
CPT Codes
84630
Unacceptable Conditions
Hemolysis, clotted specimens