SELENIUM, SERUM
Marquette General Health System

General Info

Alpha Code

   SEL

MGH LIS Test No

   842

Schedule

   Monday through Friday

Testing Time

   1 day

Testing Lab

   Mayo Labs

QORR Test Code

   SEL

Specimen Info

Type

      

Volume

   1.0 mL serum

Temperature

   Frozen

Preservative

    

Collection Info

   1.   Draw blood in a royal blue-top Monoject trace element blood 
      collection tube(s) - product #8881-307006 (Supply T184). 
2.   Allow the specimen to clot for 30 minutes; then centrifuge the
      specimen to separate serum from the cellular fraction. 
3.   Remove the stopper and carefully pour 1.0 mL of  serum into a
      7.0-mL Mayo metal-free, screw-capped, polypropylene vial 
      (Supply T173), avoiding transfer of the cellular components of
      blood. Do not insert a pipet into the serum to accomplish transfer,
      and do not ream the specimen with a wooden stick to assist with 
      serum transfer. 
4.   Send specimen Frozen.
5.   It is important that the specimen be obtained, processed, and 
      transported according to instructions in "Metals Analysis - 
      Collection and Transport" in Special Instructions.
 
Specimen Acceptability

Methods
Inductively Coupled Plasma/Mass Spectrometry (ICP/MS) Please note change in methodology from Flameless Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy to Inductively Coupled Plasma/Mass Spectrometry (ICP/MS) effective June 1, 1998.

Clinical Utilities

CPT Codes
84255

Reference Range
95-165 ng/mL      

Component Information

Collection Notes

Additional Comments

 

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