24 Hour Urine, Heavy Metals Screen with Reflex Build info

Synonyms

• HEAVY METALS SCREEN, URINE
• LEAD
• MERCURY
• ARSENIC
• HEAVY METALS, URINE 24 HOUR
• CADMIUM
• LAB398

Short Name

HEAVY METALS SCREEN, 24

Procedure Master Number

LAB398

Procedure ID

35291

Clinical Info

Detecting arsenic, cadmium, mercury, and lead exposure and toxicity using 24-hour urine specimen

Specimen Type

Urine

Container

24hr Ur No Preserv

Collection Instructions

1. High concentrations of gadolinium and iodine are known to
interfere with most metals tests. If either gadolinium- or
iodine-containing contrast media has been administered, a specimen
should not be collected for 96 hours.
2. Patient should not eat seafood for a 48-hour period prior to
start of, or during, collection.
Container/Tube; 24 hr urine container
Specimen: 10 mL urine Clean, plastic aliquot container with no metal cap or glued insert. (3mL min)
Collection Instructions:
1. Collect urine for 24 hours.
2. Refrigerate specimen within 4 hours of completion of 24-hour
collection.
Transport Temperature: Refrigerated
Stability: 7 Days Refrigerated or Frozen

Transport Instructions

Refrigerated

Specimen Stability

7 Days Refrigerated or Frozen

Methodology

Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS)

Days Performed

Monday through Saturday; 7 p.m.

Performing Laboratory

Mayo Medical Laboratories

CPT

82175
82300
83825
83655
LOINC Code: 94575-8

PDM

5902461

Results