MERCURY, SERUM

A blood test that measures mercury levels in serum, helping assess exposure to mercury, particularly from environmental or occupational sources.

Also known asMercury Serum Mercury Serum

Available via

Home Collection, Lab Visit

Contains

1 parameters

Earliest reports in

Next Day

Test details
Preparations

No special preparations needed

Test included
MERCURY, SERUM includes 1 parameter

  • Mercury

Test code

9131

Specimen vol. and vacutainer information
SpecimenVacutainerVolume
SerumYellow Vacutainer2 ML

Specimen stability information

Serum

Collection instructions

Collect whole blood in a Metal free vacutainer of any brand. Glass tubes should not be used. Allow the specimen to sit at room temperature for 30minutes and then centrifuge immediately. Transfer serum by pouring only.Pour 3 ml serum into a Metal free tube, transport tube within two hours of collection.Doctors name and contact details with Clinical history required.

Specimen rejection criteria

Test run frequency

Monday,Wednesday TIME - 11:00

Turn around time

Next Day

Performing locations

Department

  • Metals

CPT and Loinc codes

MERCURY, SERUM

4400