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	Heavy Metals Panel	Specimen Type:
		Urine

Procedures which are part of this Panel :

 Arsenic   Copper   Cadmium    Lead    Mercury    Zinc

TOXICOLOGY

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Specimen requirements:	4 oz Urine Container
Reference Range:	Components Reference Interval Arsenic, Urine 0-35.0 ug/L (based on Biological Exposure index) Arsenic, Urine(24hour) 0-50.0 ug/d Arsenic per gram of Creatinine No reference interval (ug/g crt) Cadmium, Urine 0.0 -2.6 ug/L Cadmium, Urine (24hour) 0.0 - 3.3 ug/d Cadmium per gram of Creatinine 0.0 - 3.0 ug/g crt Copper, Urine 0.2 - 8.0 ug/dL Copper, Urine (24hour) 3-50 ug/d Copper per gram of creatinine No reference interval (ug/g crt) Lead, Urine 0-23 ug/L Lead, Urine (24hour) 0-31 ug/d Lead per gram of creatinine No reference interval (ug/g crt) Mercury, Urine 0-10 ug/L Mercury, Urine (24hour) 0-15 ug/d Mercury per gram of creatinine No reference interval (ug/g crt) Zinc, Urine 15-120 ug/dL Zinc, Urine (24hour) 150-1200 ug/d Zinc per gram of creatinine No reference interval (ug/g crt)
Ideal sample:	40.0 mL
Absolute minimum amount:	20.0 mL
Method of collection:	N/A
Transportation:	N/A
Label instructions:	N/A
Request test on form:	MULTI LABS [Chem/Hem/UA/Tox/BB/Rheum] ( 151-104 )
Order/entry screen(s):	Toxicology Urine
Stat frequency:	N/A
Stat turn around time:	N/A
Routine frequency:	3-5 days
Must be in by:	N/A
Routine turn around time:	3-5 days
For Hillcrest deliver to:	SCRAP : Specimen Central Receiving and
	Processing, room 2-117
For Thornton deliver to:	Chemistry : Processing Desk, 1st floor, Hospital,
	room 1-013
Scheduling requirements :	N/A
Method:	Inductively Coupled Plasma / Mass Spectrometry
Special Instructions:	N/A
	Results are available on a Chart Copy
	Results are Qualitative
CyberLAB abbreviation:	METPN
CyberLAB code:	8131
Lab Processing Instructions:	N/A

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