Trace Element Serum 6.0mL (Dark Blue Top and RED label highlight)
Blood (paediatric)
2 mL
Trace Element Serum 6.0mL (Dark Blue Top and RED label highlight)
Blood (neonatal)
2 mL
Trace Element Serum 6.0mL (Dark Blue Top and RED label highlight)
Plasma
5 ml
Lithium Heparin No Gel 7 mL (Dark Green Top)
COLLECTION NOTES
Zinc (Zn) should be collected into a trace elements free tube (no additive i.e. serum). Do NOT collect a Zinc into an EDTA Trace Element Tube. Avoid haemolysis.
GENERAL NOTES
APPLICATION: Zinc toxicity. Deficiency may occur in patients on parenteral nutrition, with burns, vomiting, malabsorption or gastrointestinal fistula losses, and in acrodermatitis enteropathica.
INTERPRETATION: Acute phase response and hypoalbuminaemia can both lower serum zinc levels.
