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Cadmium, Blood (LABCORP)
Test Code1231100304
Alias/See Also
LAB7103: Cadmium, Whole Blood | LABCORP EAP: 085340
CPT Codes
82300x1
Preferred Specimen
LABCORP LAB: ROYAL BLUE (EDTA) (Room Temperature) Min Vol: 1
Instructions
Specimen: Whole blood Volume: 1 mL Minimum Volume: 0.6 mL Container: Royal blue-top (EDTA) tube OR tan-top lead-free tube; submit original tube. Collection: Sampling time is not critical for industrial exposure monitoring. Metals with timing “not critical” have very long elimination half-lives and accumulate in the body over years, some for a lifetime. After a couple of weeks of exposure, specimens can be collected at any time.
Transport Temperature
Storage: Room temperature. Storage Instructions: Maintain specimen at room temperature or refrigerated.
Specimen Stability
Stability Requirements:
Room temperature - 4 days
Refrigerated - 14 days
Frozen - 14 days
Freeze/thaw cycles - Stable x3
Room temperature - 4 days
Refrigerated - 14 days
Frozen - 14 days
Freeze/thaw cycles - Stable x3
Reject Criteria (Eg, hemolysis? Lipemia? Thaw/Other?)
Cause for Rejection:
Clotted specimen
Clotted specimen
Report Available
LABCORP LAB
STAT: 5760 min
Routine: 5760 min
Extended TAT: No TAT min
Timed: 5760 min
Life or Death: 5760 min
STAT: 5760 min
Routine: 5760 min
Extended TAT: No TAT min
Timed: 5760 min
Life or Death: 5760 min
Last Updated: August 28, 2025
