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Test Code CDB Cadmium, Blood

Additional Codes

CNE Order Code: Cadmium

Reporting Name

Cadmium, B

Useful For

Detecting exposure to cadmium, a toxic heavy metal

Performing Laboratory

Mayo Clinic Laboratories in Rochester

Specimen Type

Whole 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 EDTA 3 mL Tube (T989)

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

Container/Tube:

Preferred: Royal blue-top BD vacutainer with EDTA blood collection tube (3 mL) (BD catalog no. 367777) (T989)

Acceptable: Royal blue-top BD Vacutainer Plus with EDTA blood collection tube (6 mL) (BD catalog no. 368381) (T183)

Specimen Volume: 1 mL

Collection Instructions:

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

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


Specimen Minimum Volume

0.25 mL

Specimen Stability Information

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

Reference Values

<5.0 ng/mL

Reference values apply to all ages.

Day(s) Performed

Monday through Saturday

CPT Code Information

82300

LOINC Code Information

Test ID Test Order Name Order LOINC Value
CDB Cadmium, B 5609-3

 

Result ID Test Result Name Result LOINC Value
8682 Cadmium, B 5609-3

Interpretation

Normal blood cadmium is less than 5.0 ng/mL, with most results in the range of 0.5 to 2.0 ng/mL.

 

Acute toxicity will be observed when the blood level exceeds 50 ng/mL.

Report Available

1 to 3 days

Reject Due To

Gross hemolysis OK
Gross lipemia OK
Gross icterus OK

Method Name

Triple Quadrupole Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS/MS)

Forms

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