Inpatient and Outpatient Orderable

Thallium Level Build info

Synonyms

  • THALLIUM, SERUM
  • THALLIUM, BLOOD
  • TL
  • LAB1026

Short Name

THALLIUM, SE

Procedure Master Number

LAB1026

Procedure ID

56160

Clinical Info

Detecting toxic thallium exposure in whole blood specimens

Specimen Sources

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

Specimen Types

 Blood

Container

D BL-EDTA

Collection Instructions

Container/Tube: Royal Blue (EDTA Trace Metal tube
Specimen: 6 mL whole blood (0.5 mL min)
Transport Temperature: Refrigerated
Stability: 28 Days Room Temperature, Refrigerated or Frozen
Patient Preparation: 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.

Transport Instructions

Refrigerated

Specimen Stability

28 Days Room Temperature, Refrigerated or Frozen
Patient Preparation: 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

Methodology

Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS)

Days Performed

Performing Laboratory

Mayo Medical Laboratories

CPT

83018
LOINC Code: 5743-0

PDM

 2059790

Only Orderable at Locations:

 Orderable Everywhere

Results
Component Name Base Name Common Name External Name
THALLIUM, B THALLIUM THALLIUM, B Thallium, B