Category
Routine Chemistry
Sub Category
Heavy Metals
Synonym/Aliases
- N/A
Abbreviations
CU; CU2+
Type
INDIVIDUAL TEST
Results
RESULTS READY WITHIN 7 WORKING DAYS
Method
INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA/MASS-SPECTROMETRY (ICP/MS)
Temp
AMBIENT: INDEFINITE; R (2-8℃): INDEFINITE; F (-20℃): INDEFINITE.
Setup
BATCHED.
Components Parameters
-Not Applicable
PRE-ANALYTIC CONSIDERATIONS
Test Ordering Instructions
FILL OUT TEST REQUEST FORM FULLY & LEGIBLY.
Patient preparation
-NOT APPLICABLE
Sample type
SERUM
Container/ preservative
NO ADDITIVE (ROYAL BLUE TOP) VACUTAINER PREFERRED.
Sample volume
2 ML SERUM
Rejection criteria
LABELING ISSUE (UNLABELED/ MISLABELED); MISSING REQUEST FORM; MISMATCH BETWEEN REQUEST FORM & SAMPLE DETAILS; MISSING AGE/ GENDER; WRONG SAMPLE TYPE; INSUFFICIENT SAMPLE; GROSS LIPEMIA; GROSS HEMOLYSIS.
Other Instructions
ROYAL BLUE VACUTAINERS ARE ACID WASHED VIALS FOR TRACE ELEMENTS/ HEAVY METAL COLLECTION.
Reference intervals
AGE & GENDER APPROPRIATE VALUES ARE PROVIDED ON THE REPORT
Clinical Utility
WILSON'S DISEASE, MENKES DISEASE, PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS, PRIMARY SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS ETC.
Test Limitations / Confounders
LEVELS ARE INFLUENCED BY INFLAMMATION, INFECTION, COPPER SUPPLEMENTS, PREGNANCY, CONTRACEPTIVE USE, RADIOLOGICAL CONTRAST ADMINISTRATION WITHIN PRECEDING 96 HOURS.