ARUP's Laboratory Test Directory

0090228: Arsenic, Nails

Test Mnemonic: ARSENIC N
Methodology: Inductively Coupled Plasma/Mass Spectrometry

Performed: Varies

Reported: Within 5 days

Specimen Required:  
Collect: 1 g fingernails.

Transport: 1 g fingernails at 20-25°C in a plastic metal-free container.

Pediatric Collection/Transport: 0.5 g fingernails at 20-25°C in a plastic metal-free container.

Stability: If the sample is collected and stored in the appropriate container, the trace element values do not change with time.

Reference Interval:
By report

CPT Code(s):
82175

 

 

 
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