Bromine Total, Serum/Plasma

Test Code

30540

Preferred Specimen

Royal Blue Top

Patient Preparation
Avoid exposure to gadolinium or iodine based contrast media for 96 hours prior to sample collection. Do not use disinfectants containing iodine, such as Betadine®, durine venipuncture.

Minimum Volume

0.7 mL

Instructions

Promptly centrifuge and separate serum or plasma into a deionized water rinsed plastic screw-cap vial using approved guidelines.
The sample should be centrifuged as soon as possible following collection, but the time should not exceed 2 hours.

Transport Temperature

Room temperature

Specimen Stability

Room temperature: 30 days
Refrigerated: 30 days
Frozen: 12 months

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

Sodium fluoride/potassium oxalate (gray-top) tube • EDTA (lavender-top) tube • Polymer gel separation tube (SST or PST)

Methodology
Inductively Coupled Plasma/Mass Spectrometry (ICP/MS)

Setup Schedule

Set up: As needed; Report available: 8 days

Reference Range

See Laboratory Report

Clinical Significance

Exposure monitoring.

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