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Test Code
CADN
Test Name
Cadmium, Blood
CPT Codes
82300
Expected Turnaround Time
2 - 4 days
Clinical Utility

Monitor recent or acute exposure to cadmium.
Specimen and Container Info

Specimen Type: Whole Blood

Collection Container: Royal Blue Top (EDTA)

Desired Specimen Volume: 1 mL
Collection Instructions
  1. Collect a royal blue top tube (EDTA) via venipuncture.
Processing and Submission Instructions
  1. Transport 1 mL of whole blood in the original collection container. Do not aliquot.
Patient Preparation

Sampling time is not critical for industrial exposure monitoring. Metals with timing “not critical” have very long elimination half-lives and accumulate in the body over years, some for a lifetime. After a couple of weeks of exposure, specimens can be collected at any time.
Transport Instructions

Transport to the laboratory refrigerated.

Stability Requirements

Room Temperature

14 days

Refrigerated

14 days

Frozen

 14 days

Freeze/Thaw Cycles

Stable x3 
Causes for Rejection
  • Clotted specimen
Methodology
Inductively Coupled Plasma - Mass Spectrometry (ICP- MS)
Reference Intervals

See patient report.

Reference Lab
Labcorp Of America Holdings
Testing Schedule
Monday-Friday
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