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Test Code: HmsBL Preferred Name Heavy metal screen - whole blood

Results Avail After Hours:No

Urgent:N/A

Test Frequency:Weekly

Routine:Weekly

MBS Status:Non-medicare Item

Min. Re-Test Interval:N/A

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Test Tubes

Specimen Type	Specimen Volume	Tube Type
Blood (adult)	6 mL	Trace Element EDTA 6.0mL (Dark Blue Top with LAVENDER label highlight)
Blood (paediatric)	2 mL	Trace Element EDTA 6.0mL (Dark Blue Top with LAVENDER label highlight)
Blood	2 ml	EDTA 3 mL whole blood (Lavender top)

COLLECTION NOTES

Patients MUST refrain from eating seafood for at least 5 days prior to sample collection.
An alternate ( though not preferred) collection tube is a dedicated EDTA.

GENERAL NOTES

Mater Pathology Heavy Metal Screen - Whole Blood panel includes testing for arsenic, mercury, lead and cadmium. For peripheral neuropathy please request in addition, testing for antimony and thallium.

APPLICATION: Monitoring of patients at risk from environmental exposure. Suspected poisoning. Investigation of patients with suspicious clinical features eg, neuropathy, encephalopathy, renal failure, Fanconi syndrome.

INTERPRETATION: Elevated results indicate exposure. Normal results exclude recent, clinically significant exposure to those metals analysed. See also arsenic and mercury.