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

Methodology

Inductively-Coupled Plasma/Mass Spectrometry
more

Reference Range

15 - 60 mcg/24 hr
more

Performing Laboratory

Quest Valencia
more