Lab Test Details
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LAB581 |
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84630 |
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Zn, serum |
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Plasma (preferred) or serum |
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Royal blue top(EDTA) tube or Royal blue-top tube without EDTA (serum) |
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Volume: 2 mL |
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Royal blue top (EDTA) tube is preferred; Monitor exposure to zinc; evaluate suspected nutritional inadequacy, in enteral or parental nutrition, critically ill or burn patients, cases of diabetes or delayed wound healing, growth retardation. |
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Separate serum or plasma from cells within 45 minutes of collection, and transfer to a certified metal-free transport tube (PeopleSoft N° 111166) for shipment to the laboratory. |
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Room temperature |
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Room Temperature: 14 days |
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Certified metal-free plastic transport tube not submitted; unspun royal blue-top tube from which the plasma or serum has not been removed; gel-barrier tube |
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Reference range accompanies report |
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Zinc |
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Inductively-coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) |
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001800 |
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Rhonda Crowe |
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3/1/23 |
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* Denotes Reference Lab Test |