Inpatient and Outpatient Orderable

Chromium Level Build info

Synonyms

  • CHROMIUM LEVEL
  • METAL
  • Cr,Plasma
  • LAB967

Short Name

CHROMIUM LEV

Procedure Master Number

LAB967

Procedure ID

56044

Clinical Info

Monitor industrial exposure. This test is not intended to monitor chromium levels in diabetic patients or in patients with suspected chromium deficiencies.

Specimen Sources

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

Specimen Types

 Blood

Container

Dark Blue Top Tube

Collection Instructions

Container/Tube: Royal Blue top (EDTA) tube
Specimen: 3 mL plasma ( 1.5 mL min)
 
 Transport Temperature: Room Temperature
Collection Instructions: In the nocturnal total parenteral nutrition patient, the sample will be drawn "fasting" in the afternoon, before the nocturnal solution is started for the evening.
 
Note:  Separate plasma immediately after collection.

Transport Instructions

Room Temperature

Specimen Stability

Methodology

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

Days Performed

Performing Laboratory

LabCorp of America

CPT

82495

PDM

 5900493

Only Orderable at Locations:

 Orderable Everywhere

Results
Component Name Base Name Common Name External Name
CHROMIUM CHROMIUM CHROMIUM Chromium