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Nickel, Serum/Plasma
Test Code4696
CPT Codes
83885
Preferred Specimen
2 mL serum collected in a trace metal-free, no additive (royal blue-top) tube or plasma collected in an EDTA, trace-metal free (royal blue-top) tube
Minimum Volume
0.6 mL
Other Acceptable Specimens
Plasma collected in a sodium heparin (royal blue-top) tube
Instructions
Promptly centrifuge and separate serum or plasma into an acid washed plastic screw capped vial using approved guidelines
Transport Temperature
Room temperature
Specimen Stability
Room temperature: 30 days
Refrigerated: 30 days
Frozen: 30 days
Refrigerated: 30 days
Frozen: 30 days
Reject Criteria (Eg, hemolysis? Lipemia? Thaw/Other?)
Polymer gel separation tube (SST or PST) • Sodium fluoride/potassium oxalate (gray-top) tube • EDTA (lavender-top) tube
Methodology
Inductively Coupled Plasma/Mass Spectrometry (ICP/MS)
Setup Schedule
Set up: Varies; Report available: 6 days
