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Lead At State Lab (Blood)
MessageOrdered on patients 7 years and younger
Test Code
LEADST
CPT Codes
83655
Preferred Specimen
3mL whole blood collected in a TAN EDTA K2 tube.
Transport Temperature
Refrigerated
Specimen Stability
Room temperature: 5 days
Refrigerated: 14 days
Frozen: 60 days
Refrigerated: 14 days
Frozen: 60 days
Methodology
Atomic Spectroscopy
Setup Schedule
Monday - Friday
Report Available
7 Days
Reference Range
<10 ug/dL
Clinical Significance
Lead is a heavy metal commonly found in man's environment that can be an acute and chronic toxin. Lead can be found in the environment in pre-1970 household paints, dirt from areas adjacent to homes painted with lead-based paints and highways where lead accumulates from use of leaded gasoline.
Some foods (e.g., moonshine distilled in lead pipes) and some traditional home medicines contain lead. Exposure to lead from any of these sources either by ingestion, inhalation, or dermal contact can cause significant toxicity.
Some foods (e.g., moonshine distilled in lead pipes) and some traditional home medicines contain lead. Exposure to lead from any of these sources either by ingestion, inhalation, or dermal contact can cause significant toxicity.
Performing Laboratory
Maine Health and Environmental Testing Laboratory
221 State Street
#12 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333-0012
Additional Information
Maine State Lab - Lead Testing
