Inpatient and Outpatient Orderable

Zinc RBC

Synonyms

LAB11028
ZINC, RBC
ZRBC

Cerner Name

Clinical Info

Zinc is an essential trace element. Subnormal levels are associated with alcoholic cirrhosis, cystic fibrosis, myocardial infarction, acute and chronic infections. High levels may be due to industrial exposure.

Specimen Sources

Blood, Arterial Blood, Capillary Blood, Central Line Blood, Venous

Specimen Types

Blood

Container

D BL-EDTA

Collection Instructions

Container/Tube: Navy blue-top metal-free (EDTA) tube(s)
Specimen: 1 mL RBC's only (0.125 mL min)
Temperature: Refrigerate

Note: Centrifuge tube within 45 minutes of collection and separate the plasma from cells. Discard the plasma. Using the original collection tube, submit only the RBCs to the laboratory

Specimen Volume

1 mL RBC's only (0.125 mL min)

Transport Instructions

Specimen Stability

Methodology

Inductively-Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS)

Days Performed

Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday

Performing Laboratory

LabCorp of America

CPT

84630

PDM

5900532

Only Orderable at Locations:

Orderable Everywhere

Results

Component Name	Base Name	Common Name	External Name
ZINC, RBC	ZINCRBC	ZINC, RBC	Zinc, RBC

Result Interpretation

878 - 1660 µg/dL

Forms

LAB11028

Search: .supercomplete-item { width: 600px; white-space: nowrap; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; } $(document).ready(function() { $("#search_input").supercomplete(); });