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Test Name:
Nickel, Serum


  • SBMF No:
    44523
  • Performance Lab Name:
    ARUP Laboratories
  • Test Mnemonic:
    NICKEL
  • ABN:
    Not required
  • CPT Code:
    83885
  • LOINC Code:
    5702-6
  • Ref Lab Test No:
    0099452
  • Also Known As:
    Ni
  • Spec Type:
    Serum
  • Spec Container:
    Dark blue (royal) top tube (trace element-free - serum) provided in SBMF “Trace Metal Collection Kit” (order SBMF stock #7208)
          IMPORTANT: Do not use dark blue (royal) top (EDTA) tube
  • Pref Vol:
    2.0 mL
  • Min Vol:
    0.5 mL
  • Fasting:
    No
  • Patient Prep:
    Diet, medication, and nutritional supplements may introduce interfering substances. Patients should be encouraged to discontinue nutritional supplements, vitamins, minerals, nonessential over-the-counter medications (upon the advice of their physician).
  • Spec Collect:
    Use SBMF "Trace Metal Collection Kit"
    Routine venipuncture
  • Spec Process:
    Clot 30 minutes
    Promptly centrifuge 15 minutes
    "Pour off" serum into metal-free plastic vial provided in SBMF "Trace Metal Collection Kit"
    Do not use pipettes or wooden sticks to aid in specimen transfer
  • Spec Store Transport:
    Refrigerated
  • Spec Stability:
    If the specimen is drawn and stored in the appropriate container, the trace element values do not change with time.
  • Spec Reject:
    Sample collected in gel-barrier tube
    Sample not separated from red cells or clot within 6 hours of collection
  • Spec Remarks:
    Centrifuge and pour off serum into a trace element-free transport tube ASAP
    Do not allow serum to remain on cells
  • Methodology:
    Quantitative Inductively Coupled Plasma/Mass Spectrometry (ICP/MS)
  • Reference Range:
    Less than or equal to 10.0 µg/L

    Interpretive Data:
    Serum nickel testing is intended to detect potentially toxic exposure.

    Note:
    Elevated results from noncertified trace element-free tubes may be due to contamination. Elevated concentrations of trace elements in serum should be confirmed with a second specimen collected in a trace element-free tube, such as the dark blue (royal) top tube (trace element-free - serum) provided in SBMF "Trace Metal Collection Kit" (order SBMF stock #7208).

  • Day Run:
    Sun
  • Time Reported:
    2-9 days
  • Test Type:
    CHEMISTRY

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