Test Details
Mnemonic
UCUQ
Ordering Code
3706125
CPT-4 Code(s)
82525
Specimen Information
Collect
24 hour urine in acid washed container
Specimen Preparation
Mix well and send 7.0 mL urine refrigerated in an acid washed screw-capped plastic container. Record total volume on specimen container and test requisition. Call lab for collection container.
Minimum Volume
3.0 mL
Transport Temperature
Refrigerated
Rejection Criteria
Hemolysis, fecal contamination
Stability
Room temperature: 5 day
Refrigerated: 14 days
Frozen: 30 days
Refrigerated: 14 days
Frozen: 30 days
Methodology
Inductively-Coupled Plasma/Mass Spectrometry
Reference Range
15 - 60 mcg/24 hr
Performing Laboratory
Quest Valencia