Heavy Metals 24 Hr Urine HMET24

Synonyms
Allscripts (AEHR) Order Name	Heavy Metals, Urine 24 Hour
Sunrise Clinical Manager (SCM) Order Name	Heavy Metals, Urine 24 Hour
EPIC Order Name	24 Hour Urine, Heavy Metals Screen with Reflex
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
Result Interpretation ARSENIC: 0-17 years: not established ≥18 years: <18 mcg/24 hour CADMIUM: 0-17 years: not established ≥18 years: <0.6 mcg/24 hour MERCURY: 0-17 years: not established ≥18 years
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