Fluoride, serum/plasma-994

 

 

Test info

  
Fluoride, serum/plasma
  
994
  
LAB994
  
MSO
  

Monitor exposure to fluoride

Specimen

  
Serum, metal free
  
3.0 mL
  
1.1 mL
  
  1. Allow sample to clot
  2. Spin
  3. Carefully pour serum into a Metal free transfer vial/tube, labelled as serum, within two (2) hours of sample collection
  
  
Plasma, metal free
  
  

Immediatley following collection, mix sample thoroughly by gently inverting 8 - 10, times to prevent clotting

  
  1. Spin
  2. Carefully pour plasma into a Metal free transfer vial/tube, labelled as EDTA plasma, within two (2) hours of sample collection
  
  

Ambient (preferred) – 7 days

Refrigerated – 7 days

Frozen – 14 days

Freeze/thaw cycles - stable x 1

Performance

  
LabCorp (070060): R-NX
  
Tu, Th
  
3 - 4 days
  

Ion-selective electrode (ISE) potentiometry

Clinical and Interpretive info

  

Environmental exposure: <0.2 mg/L

Billing

  
82735

Tracking

  
08/23/2021
  
06/13/2023
  
06/06/2023