Mercury HG

Synonyms

Allscripts (AEHR) Order Name

Mercury Level, Serum

Sunrise Clinical Manager (SCM) Order Name

Mercury Level, Serum

Clinical Info

Monitor exposure to mercury
 

Specimen Type

Blood

Container

D BL-EDTA

Collection Instructions

Container/Tube: Royal, blue-top trace element blood collection tube containing EDTA as an anticoagulant
Specimen: 1 mL of EDTA whole blood (0.6 mL min)
Transport Temperature: Room Temperature

Collection Instructions: Send specimen in original tube.
Sampling time is end of shift at the end of the work week for industrial exposure monitoring. Metals with timing “end of shift at the end of the work week” (meaning four or five consecutive days with exposure) are eliminated with half-lives longer than five hours. Such metals accumulate in the body during the work week; therefore, their timing is critical in relation to previous exposures.

Transport Instructions

Room Temperature

Specimen Stability

14 Days Room Temp/Refrigerated/ Frozen

Methodology

Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS)

Days Performed

TAT: 4-6 Days

Performing Laboratory

LabCorp of America

CPT

83825

PDM

5900960

Result Interpretation

Environmental exposure: 0.0 - 14.9µg/L, individuals consuming large quantities of seafood may have as high as 200.0 µ g/L
Occupational exposure: BEI®: inorganic mercury ( sampling time is end of shift at end of work week): 15.0µ g/L

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