Aluminum, serum or plasma

Alphabetical Test listing

Aluminum, serum or plasma-994

Test name:

Test number:

994

Excellian order number:

LAB994

Abbreviation:

MSO

Alternate names:

Al
Al, plasma
Al, serum

Useful for:

Monitor patients for prior and ongoing exposure to aluminum

Specimen type:

EDTA plasma, metal free

Collection container:

Navy blue metal free vial/tube with EDTA

Volume:

7 mL

Minimum volume:

0.6 mL

Collection instructions:

Immediately following collection, mix by inverting 8 - 10 times to prevent clotting

Processing instructions:

Spin
Carefully pour plasma into a metal free transport vial

Transport container:

Metal free transport vial/tube

Alternate specimen type:

Metal free serum

Alternate collection container:

Navy blue metal free vial/tube (no additive)

Alternate processing instructions:

Allow specimen to clot
Spin and carefully pour serum or plasma into a Metal free transfer vial/tube, labelled as serum, within two (2) hours of sample collection

Alternate transport container:

Metal free transfer vial/tube

Transport and stability:

Ambient (preferred) - 14 days

Refrigerated - 14 days

Frozen - 14 days

Freeze/thaw cycles - stable x3

Reason for rejection:

Navy/royal blue-top tube not used in specimen collection
Certified metal-free plastic transport tube not submitted

Performing lab:

LabCorp Burlington (071548): R-NX

Days set up:

Mo - Fr

TAT:

5 days

Method:

Inductively coupled plasma/mass spectrometry (ICP/MS)

Reference ranges:

Environmental exposure: 0−9 μg/L
patients on dialysis: < 40 μg/L
Potentially toxic: > 60 μg/L

CPT codes:

82108

Subject to medical necessity (Y/N):

Yes

LCD/NCD:

Medical necessity

LOINC code:

Result 5574-9

Date created:

06/03/2019

Revised date:

04/07/2022

Review date:

12/07/2023