Thallium Urine THALUR

Synonyms

Allscripts (AEHR) Order Name

Thallium, Urine

Sunrise Clinical Manager (SCM) Order Name

Thallium, Urine

EPIC Order Name

24 Hour Urine, Thallium Level

Clinical Info

Detecting toxic thallium exposure in 24-hour urine specimens

Specimen Type

Urine

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 Laboratory

Mayo Medical Laboratories

CPT

83018
LOINC Code: 5746-3

PDM

5911053

Result Interpretation

0-17 years: not established

≥18 years: <2 mcg/24 hour

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