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Order Code PBDV Lead, Venous, with Demographics, Blood

Important Note

Collection Staff: Please remember to fill out Lead and Heavy Metals Reporting form and send with specimen, see link below.

Additional Codes

MAYO CODE PBDV


Ordering Guidance


If testing is needed on a capillary specimen, order PBDC / Lead, Capillary, with Demographics, Blood.



Specimen Required


Patient Preparation: High concentrations of gadolinium and iodine are known to potentially interfere with most inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry-based metal tests. If either gadolinium- or iodine-containing contrast media has been administered, a specimen should not be collected for 96 hours.

Supplies:

-Metal Free B-D Tube (EDTA), 6 mL (T183)

-Metal Free B-D Tube (EDTA), 3 mL (T989)

Container/Tube:

Preferred: Royal blue-top BD Vacutainer Plus with EDTA (6 mL) blood collection tube

Acceptable: Royal blue-top BD vacutainer with EDTA blood collection tube (3 mL)

Specimen Volume: 2 mL

Collection Instructions:

1. See Metals Analysis Specimen Collection and Transport  for complete instructions.

2. Send whole blood specimen in original tube. Do not aliquot.


Forms

1. Lead and Heavy Metals Reporting (T491) or Lead and Heavy Metals Reporting-Spanish (T956)

2. If not ordering electronically, complete, print, and send a General Request (T239) with the specimen.

Useful For

Detecting lead toxicity in venous blood specimens

Profile Information

Test ID Reporting Name Available Separately Always Performed
PBBV Lead, Venous, B No Yes
DEMO8 Patient Demographics No Yes

Method Name

Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS)

Reporting Name

Lead, Venous, w/Demographics, B

Specimen Type

Whole blood

Specimen Minimum Volume

0.1 mL

Specimen Stability Information

Specimen Type Temperature Time Special Container
Whole blood Refrigerated (preferred) 28 days
  Ambient  28 days
  Frozen  28 days

Reject Due To

Gross hemolysis OK
Gross lipemia OK
Gross icterus OK
Clotted blood Reject

Reference Values

<3.5 mcg/dL

Critical values

Pediatrics (≤15 years): ≥20.0 mcg/dL

Adults (≥16 years): ≥70.0 mcg/dL

Method Description

The metal of interest is analyzed by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry.(Unpublished Mayo method)

Day(s) Performed

Monday through Saturday

Performing Laboratory

Mayo Clinic Laboratories in Rochester

CPT Code Information

83655