IRON, URINE
Marquette General Health System

General Info

Alpha Code

  I5734

MGH LIS Test No

  5734

Schedule

  Monday through Friday

Testing Time

  Same day/3 hours

Testing Lab

  Mayo Labs

QORR Test Code

  I5734

Specimen Info

Type

     

Volume

   

Temperature

  Refrig\Ambient or Frozen OK

Preservative

   

Collection Info

  1. 10 mL from a 24-hour urine collection.
2. Collect in clean, plastic urine container(s) with no metal 
   cap(s) or glued insert(s).
3. Send specimen in a clean, plastic aliquot container with
   no metal cap or glued insert, or 13 mL urine tube.
4. Refrigerate specimen within 4 hours of completion of the 24
   hour collection.  Send specimen refrigerated.
NOTE: 24-HOUR VOLUME IS REQUIRED ON REQUEST FORM FOR PROCESSING.      
 
Specimen Acceptability

Methods
Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP) Emission Spectroscopy

Clinical Utilities

CPT Codes
83540

Reference Range
100-300 ug/specimen
 
The reference value is for a 24-hour collection.  Specimens
collected for other than a 24-hour time period are reportd in
units of ug/L, for which reference values are not established.      

Component Information

Collection Notes

Additional Comments

 

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