Cadmium CADMN

Synonyms

Allscripts (AEHR) Order Name

Cadmium Level, Serum

Sunrise Clinical Manager (SCM) Order Name

Cadmium Level, Serum

Clinical Info

Specimen Type

Blood

Container

D BL-EDTA

Collection Instructions

Container/Tube: Royal, blue-top containing EDTA as an anticoagulant
Specimen Type: Whole blood 1 mL (0.6 mL min)
Transport Temperature:  Refrigerated
Stability:  14 Days Room Temp, Refrigerated or Frozen
Collection Instructions:
1. Send specimen in original tube.
 

Transport Instructions

Refrigerated

Specimen Stability

14 Days Room Temp, Refrigerated or Frozen

Methodology

Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS)

Days Performed

Monday through Saturday

Performing Laboratory

LabCorp of America

CPT

82300

PDM

5900360

Result Interpretation

Enviornmental exposure: non-smoker: 0.3-1.2 µg/L, smoker: 0.6 - 3.9µ g/L
Occupational exposure:OSHA Cadmium Standard: 5.0 µg/L:
BEI®:5.0 µ g/L

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