Thallium, Blood THALBL

Synonyms

Allscripts (AEHR) Order Name

Thallium, Blood

Sunrise Clinical Manager (SCM) Order Name

Thallium, Blood

EPIC Order Name

Thallium Level

Clinical Info

Detecting toxic thallium exposure in whole blood specimens

Specimen Type

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

Result Interpretation

0-17 years: not established
> or =18 years: <2 ng/mL

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