Manganese, Random Urine-994

Test info

  
Manganese, Random Urine
  
994
  
LAB994
  
MSO
  
Mn
  

Confirm manganese exposure, toxicity, or poisoning by documenting excessive urine excretion of the metal. Also used to individualize manganese dosing in long-term parenteral nutrition, especially in liver disease, when biliary excretion is low, or when there is excessive gastrointestinal losses, such as in short bowel syndrome. Has been used to follow the success of chelation therapy with para-aminosalicylate sodium in manganism.

Specimen

  
Urine, random
  
  
20 mL
  
2.0 mL
  

Screw cap plastic container (sterile)

  

Ambient (preferred) - 14 days

Refrigerated - 14 days

Frozen - 14 days

Freeze/thaw cycles - stable x3

Performance

  
LabCorp Burlington (071597): R-NX
  
2 - 3 days
  

Inductively-coupled plasma/mass spectrometry (ICP/MS)

Clinical and Interpretive info

  

Environmental exposure: 0.0 - 2.9 μg/L

Billing

  
82570
83785

Tracking

  
06/29/2020
  
08/16/2023