Aluminum, Blood : 6021

ALUMIB or 6021

Collection Instructions: 
Avoid fruits, juices and tea for 24 hours before collection. Carefully clean skin prior to venipuncture. Avoid hemolysis. Avoid worksite collection.

Preferred: 
2 mL whole blood collected in an EDTA trace metal (royal blue-top) tube
 
Minimum: 1 mL
 
Alternative: Whole blood collected in: Sodium heparin trace metal (royal blue-top) tube, heparin (green-top) tube, or EDTA (lavender-top) tube

Room temperature.

Room temperature: 14 days; Refrigerated: 30 days; Frozen: 60 days

Monday, Wednesday, Saturday

1-4 days

Laboratory test results should always be considered in the context of clinical observations. This test was developed and its performance characteristics determined by med fusion. It has not been cleared or approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration  (FDA). The FDA has determined that such clearance or approval is not necessary. This test is used for clinical purposes. It should not be regarded as investigational for research. This laboratory is certified under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments  of 1988 (CLIA) as qualified to perform high complexity clinical laboratory testing.

<20.0 mcg/L

Aluminum has been found as a cause of encephalopathy in patients undergoing prolonged hemodialysis for renal failure. Patients in renal failure lose the ability to filter and excrete aluminum which consequently accumulates in the blood and eventually in the brain and in bone.