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Bismuth, Serum/Plasma (0680SP)
Test Code8022
Preferred Specimen
1 mL Serum.
Collection Instructions:
__Promptly centrifuge and separate serum or plasma into an
__acid washed or metal-free plastic screw-cap vial.
Collection Instructions:
__Promptly centrifuge and separate serum or plasma into an
__acid washed or metal-free plastic screw-cap vial.
Minimum Volume
0.4 mL Serum
Other Acceptable Specimens
1 mL Plasma
Transport Container
Serum: Trace metal-free, no additive (royal blue-top) tube
Plasma
__EDTA, trace-metal free (royal blue-top) tube
__Sodium heparin trace-metal free (royal blue top)
Plasma
__EDTA, trace-metal free (royal blue-top) tube
__Sodium heparin trace-metal free (royal blue top)
Transport Temperature
Serum and Plasma: Room temperature preferred; Refrigerated
_acceptable; Frozen acceptable
_acceptable; Frozen acceptable
Specimen Stability
Serum or Plasma
__Room temperature: 30 Days
__Refrigerated: 30 Days
__Frozen: 30 Days
__Room temperature: 30 Days
__Refrigerated: 30 Days
__Frozen: 30 Days
Reject Criteria (Eg, hemolysis? Lipemia? Thaw/Other?)
Polymer gel separation tube (SST or PST)
Methodology
Inductively Coupled Plasma/Mass Spectrometry (ICP/MS)
Report Available
Reports in 6 to 7 days.
Clinical Significance
Bismuth can be found in the manufacturing of fusible alloys, electrical fuses, low-melting solders, silvering of mirrors and some dental techniques. Exposure to bismuth can lead to methemoglobinemia, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal cramping and contact dermatitis.
