Blood Lead
Brief Description
This inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer method uses an internal standard dilution technique for the determination of Lead (Pb) in whole blood. The method is used to screen whole blood specimens from patients to evaluate environmental and other non-occupational exposure to these elements.
Laboratory Unit
Chemical Threat
Methodology
ICP-MS
Specimen Collection
- Whole blood (Capillary):
- Collect in purple top microtainer (K2) EDTA tube
- Whole blood (Venous):
- Collect in purple top microtainer (K2) EDTA tube
Storage/Transport
- Whole blood can be maintained at room temperature (15-30 °C) during transit for no more than 24 hours after collection.
- Whole blood must be maintained at refrigerated temperature (2-8 °C) during transit after 24 hours of collection.
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FRM-QA
4 Refrigeration Outfit Guide
Acceptable Specimen Type(s)
Whole blood
Test Request
- GPHL Apollo Web Portal
-
Web
Portal Instructions
- For manual orders, download the
GPHL
Submission Form
Possible Results
- Lower reportable limit 2 µg/L
- Upper reportable limit 100 µg/L
- Not detected
- Unsatisfactory
Reference Range
≤3.5 µg/dL
Unacceptable Conditions
- Missing testing requisition form
- Missing minimum of 2 patient identifiers
- Improper labeling
- Specimen damaged, broken, or leaked in transit
- Improper storage/transport of specimen
- No specimen received (empty collection tube).
- Wrong specimen type
- Low volume < 0.2 mL
Interfering Substances
N/A
Result Reported
7-10 business days
Turnaround times may be affected by the scale of the event.
Fees
No charge
LOINC/Order Codes
- 10368-9 (Order code: CT021800 - capillary)
- 77307-7 (Order code: CT021810 - venous)