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Test Code CAD Cadmium, Blood

Performing Laboratory

Mayo Clinic Laboratories in Rochester

Reporting Name

Cadmium, B

Useful For

Detecting exposure to cadmium, a toxic heavy metal


Specimen Required


Patient Preparation: High concentrations of gadolinium and iodine are known to potentially interfere with most inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry-based metal tests. If either gadolinium- or iodine-containing contrast media has been administered, a specimen should not be collected for 96 hours.

Supplies:

-Metal Free EDTA 3 mL Tube (T989)

-Metal Free B-D Tube (EDTA), 6 mL (T183)

Container/Tube:

Preferred: Royal blue-top BD vacutainer with EDTA blood collection tube (3 mL) (BD catalog no. 367777) (T989)

Acceptable: Royal blue-top BD Vacutainer Plus with EDTA blood collection tube (6 mL) (BD catalog no. 368381) (T183)

Specimen Volume: 1 mL

Collection Instructions:

1. See Metals Analysis Specimen Collection and Transport for complete instructions.

2. Send whole blood specimen in original collection tube. Do not aliquot.


Specimen Minimum Volume

0.25 mL

Specimen Type

Whole blood

Specimen Stability Information

Specimen Type Temperature Time
Whole blood Refrigerated (preferred) 28 days
  Ambient  28 days
  Frozen  28 days

Day(s) Performed

Monday through Saturday

Reference Values

<5.0 ng/mL

Reference values apply to all ages.

Test Classification

This test was developed and its performance characteristics determined by Mayo Clinic in a manner consistent with CLIA requirements. It has not been cleared or approved by the US Food and Drug Administration.

Method Name

Triple Quadrupole Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS/MS)

CPT Code Information

82300

LOINC Code Information

Test ID Test Order Name Order LOINC Value
CDB Cadmium, B 5609-3

 

Result ID Test Result Name Result LOINC Value
8682 Cadmium, B 5609-3

Report Available

1 to 3 days

Forms

If not ordering electronically, complete, print, and send General Request (T239) with the specimen.