Arsenic, RBC

Test Code

1137856

CPT Codes
82175<br /> **This test is not available for New York patient testing.**

Preferred Specimen

2 mL red blood cells collected in an EDTA, trace metal-free (royal blue-top) tube

Patient Preparation
Avoid seafood consumption for 48 hours prior to sample collection.

Minimum Volume

0.7 mL

Instructions

Centrifuge and separate plasma within 2 hours of collection. Leave RBC's in the original collection container and replace stopper. Submit in container with a non-heparin based anticoagulant. Tubes containing heparin based anticoagulants are not acceptable.

Transport Temperature

Refrigerated (cold packs)

Specimen Stability

Room temperature: Undetermined
Refrigerated: Undetermined
Frozen: Not stable

Reject Criteria (Eg, hemolysis? Lipemia? Thaw/Other?)

Received frozen • Lithium or sodium heparin (green-top) tube • Sodium heparin trace metal-free (royal blue-top) tube • Sodium heparin (tan-top) glass tube

Methodology
Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry

Setup Schedule

Set up: Mon, Wed, Fri; Report available: 3 days

Reference Range

See Laboratory Report

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