- YMNB
Manganese, Blood
Specimen:
Test Code
YMNB
Specimen Name
Manganese, Blood
Collect
1-Royal Blue (EDTA Only)
Submit
3 or 6 mLs (Min: 1 mL) Whole Blood Refrigerated
Special Handling
***This specimen container cannot be opened or used for any other testing before shipping.*** Send whole blood specimen in original tube. Do not aliquot. Do not use utensils (i.e., syringes, needles) during the transfer of the sample.
Rejection Criteria
Gross hemolysis, lipemia, icterus
Stability
Ambient 28 days; Refrigerated 28 days; Frozen 28 days
Methodology
Triple-Quadrupole Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS/MS)
Performed
Tuesday - Friday
Reported
3-7 days
CPT Codes
- 83785
Components
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Additional Information
***This specimen container cannot be opened or used for any other testing before shipping.***
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.
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