Royal blue top (trace element) tube, No Preservative (serum) (preferred) or Red top tube [bold][mark color=red]DO NOT USE SST TUBE[/mark][/bold]
0.5 mL serum
0.25 mL serum
Collect blood in a royal blue top (trace element) tube with no preservative (serum). Red top tube is also acceptable; do not use SST tube. Centrifuge, aliquot serum into a plastic vial and refrigerate.
Collect blood in a rroyal blue top (trace element) tube with no preservative (serum). Red top tube is also acceptable; do not use SST tube.
Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday
4 hours
Inductively Coupled Plasma - Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS)
Males: 0.7 - 1.4 mcg/ml, Females: 0.7 - 1.6 mcg/ml. Elevated to twice the normal levels in pregnancy; elevated in lymphomas, infections, rheumatoid arthritis, biliary cirrhosis, thyrotoxicosis. Low in nephrosis and malabsorption.
Evaluate disorders of copper metabolism; Wilson's disease; copper toxicity.
5631-7
82525
33223
SST tube not acceptable.