24 Hour Urine, Thallium Level

Synonyms

• LAB1027
• THALLIUM, URINE
• TL

Cerner Name

Thallium Urine

Clinical Info

Detecting toxic thallium exposure in 24-hour urine specimens

Specimen Sources

Urine, Catheter Urine, Clean Catch

Specimen Types

Urine

Specimen Volume

Container

24hr Ur 30mL 6N HCl

Collection Instructions

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.
Container/Tube: Clean, plastic 24 Hour urine container with no metal cap or glued insert Add 6N HCL or 50 % Acetic Acid as preservative before collection up to 4 hours after completion of collection.
Specimen: 10 mL urine from 24 hour collection (0.5 mL min)

Transport Instructions

Refrigerated

Specimen Stability

28 Days Room Temperature, Refrigerated or Frozen

Methodology

Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS)

Days Performed

Tuesday, Friday; 8 a.m.

Performing Laboratories

Mayo Medical Laboratories

CPT

83018
LOINC Code: 5746-3

PDM

5911053

Results

Result Interpretation

Forms