Royal blue top (trace element), No Preservative (serum)
1 mL serum
0.5 mL serum
Collect blood in a royal blue top (trace element) tube with no preservative (serum). Centrifuge, aliquot serum into a plastic vial, and refrigerate.
Collect blood in a royal blue top (trace element) tube with no preservative (serum).
Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday
4 hours
Inductively Coupled Plasma - Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS)
0.55 - 1.50 mcg/mL. Toxic > 1.5 mcg/mL.
Evaluate zinc deficiency and toxicity.
Hemolyzed sample may give elevated zinc levels.
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Grossly hemolyzed specimens will be rejected