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Test Code FLUORM Fluoride, Plasma

Additional Codes

EPIC EAP  Mayo
LAB989 FL

Reporting Name

Fluoride, P

Useful For

Assessing accidental fluoride ingestion

 

Monitoring patients receiving sodium fluoride for bone disease or patients receiving voriconazole therapy

Method Name

Ion-Selective Electrode (ISE)

Performing Laboratory

Mayo Clinic Laboratories in Rochester

Specimen Type

Plasma Heparin


Specimen Required


Supplies: Sarstedt Aliquot Tube, 5 mL (T914)

Collection Container/Tube: Green top (sodium heparin)

Submission Container/Tube: Plastic vial

Specimen Volume: 3 mL

Collection Instructions: Centrifuge and aliquot plasma into a plastic vial. Glass tubes are not acceptable.


Specimen Minimum Volume

1.2 mL

Specimen Stability Information

Specimen Type Temperature Time
Plasma Heparin Refrigerated (preferred) 14 days
  Ambient  14 days
  Frozen  14 days

Reject Due To

Gross hemolysis OK
Gross lipemia OK
Gross icterus OK

Reference Values

<4.1 mcmol/L

Day(s) Performed

Tuesday

CPT Code Information

82735

LOINC Code Information

Test ID Test Order Name Order LOINC Value
FL Fluoride, P 14726-4

 

Result ID Test Result Name Result LOINC Value
8641 Fluoride, P 14726-4

Test Classification

This test was developed and its performance characteristics determined by Mayo Clinic in a manner consistent with CLIA requirements. It has not been cleared or approved by the US Food and Drug Administration.

Report Available

2 to 8 days