Cadmium test Shankar-road

CADMIUM TEST

DESCRIPTION – cadmium testing identifies what levels of cadmium are present in your product. Cadmium is a rare metallic element found in small deposits on almost every continent. It has a number of uses, perhaps most famously as a pigment used in paint and in jewellery.

METHODOLOGY – quantitative inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry

TURN AROUND TIME – 1-3 days

SPECIMEN REQUIERED –

PATIENT PREPARATION – diet, medication, and nutritional supplements may introduce interfering substance. Patients should encourage to discontinue nutritional supplements, vitamins, minerals, non-essentials over the counter medications

COLLECT – royal blue (potassium EDTA)

SPECIMEN PREPARATION – transport 7 ml whole blood in the collection tube

STORAGE/TRANSPORT TEMPERATURE – room temperature or refrigerated

STABILITY – ambient: indefinitely; refrigerated: indefinitely

UNACCEPTABLE CONDITION – alternate tubes, heparin anticoagulant

SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS - Clinical history is mandatory