Inpatient and Outpatient Orderable

Random Urine, Mercury Build info

Synonyms

  • MERCURY, URINE
  • HGUR
  • LAB11681

Short Name

MERCURY, URINE

Procedure Master Number

LAB11681

Procedure ID

115663

Clinical Info

Urinary measurements are appropriate for assessing ongoing exposure to inorganic mercury.

Specimen Sources

 Bladder Kidney, Left Kidney, Right Ureter, Left Ureter, Right Urine, Catheter Urine, Clean Catch Urine, Foley Urine, Voided

Specimen Types

 Urine

Container

Urine Cntr

Collection Instructions

Container/Tube:  Acid Wash Metal Free Container
Specimen: 7.0 mL urine (3.0 mL min)
Transport Temperature: Refrigerated
Note: Avoid work-site collection. Avoid seafood consumption for 48 hours before collection
Collect in acid-wahed ot metal free palstic container.

Transport Instructions

Refrigerated

Specimen Stability

48 Hours Room Temperature
5 Days Refrigerated
14 Days Frozen

Methodology

Inductively Coupled Plasma/Mass Spectrometry (ICPMS)

Days Performed

TAT-2 - 3 Days

Performing Laboratory

Quest Diagnostics' Nichols Institute, Inc. - Chantilly

CPT

82570
83825

PDM

 5911049

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 Orderable Everywhere

Results
Component Name Base Name Common Name External Name
MERCURY URINE MERCURY MERCURY URINE Mercury Urine
CREATININE, RANDOM URINE CREATU CREATININE U Creatinine, Ur