No fasting or special diets are required. Presence of barium will give elevated values. Diet, medication and nutritional supplements may introduce interfering substances. Patients should be encouraged to discontinue nutritional supplements, vitamins, minerals and non-essential over-the-counter medications (upon the advice of their physician).
Collect
**Draw blood using metal free materials, syringe, test tube and stopper.**
Royal Blue tube (no additive)-
Allow blood to clot for 30 – 40 minutes, but not longer than 60 minutes.
Centrifuge for 10 minutes at 2400 rpm.
Pour the serum into polyethylene tubes or metal free tubes.
Optimum: 0.5 mL serum
Minimum: 0.2 mL serum
-or-
Red top (acceptable due to nationwide shortage)
Centrifuge and separate from cells ASAP or within 2 hours of collection
Transfer 2mL serum or plasma to a metal free aliquot tube (RPS clients: TUBE107 on supply portal)
Unacceptable Conditions
Patients that have recently had a procedure with involved barium intake are unacceptable.
Storage/Transport Temperature
Stability Conditions: Ambient, refrigerated, or frozen specimens up to 28 days since collection.
Performed
Nebraska Public Health Laboratory
Thursday by 0900
Performed
Nebraska Public Health Laboratory
Thursday by 0900
Methodology
ICP-DRCMS (Inductively coupled plasma dynamic reaction cell mass spectrometry)
No fasting or special diets are required. Presence of barium will give elevated values. Diet, medication and nutritional supplements may introduce interfering substances. Patients should be encouraged to discontinue nutritional supplements, vitamins, minerals and non-essential over-the-counter medications (upon the advice of their physician).
Collect
**Draw blood using metal free materials, syringe, test tube and stopper.**
Royal Blue tube (no additive)-
Allow blood to clot for 30 – 40 minutes, but not longer than 60 minutes.
Centrifuge for 10 minutes at 2400 rpm.
Pour the serum into polyethylene tubes or metal free tubes.
Optimum: 0.5 mL serum
Minimum: 0.2 mL serum
-or-
Red top (acceptable due to nationwide shortage)
Centrifuge and separate from cells ASAP or within 2 hours of collection
Transfer 2mL serum or plasma to a metal free aliquot tube (RPS clients: TUBE107 on supply portal)
Unacceptable Conditions
Patients that have recently had a procedure with involved barium intake are unacceptable.
Storage/Transport Temperature
Stability Conditions: Ambient, refrigerated, or frozen specimens up to 28 days since collection.
Performed
Nebraska Public Health Laboratory
Thursday by 0900
Ordering
Performed
Nebraska Public Health Laboratory
Thursday by 0900
Methodology
ICP-DRCMS (Inductively coupled plasma dynamic reaction cell mass spectrometry)
