Specimen Required

Patient Preparation:

1. For the 48-hour period prior to start of collection, as well as during the collection, patient should not eat seafood.

2. High concentrations of gadolinium and iodine are known to potentially interfere with most inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry-based metal tests. If either gadolinium- or iodine-containing contrast media has been administered, a specimen should not be collected for 96 hours.

Supplies: Urine Tubes, 10 mL (T068)

Collection Container/Tube: Clean, plastic urine collection container

Submission Container/Tube: Plastic, 10-mL tube or a clean, plastic aliquot container with no metal cap or glued insert

Specimen Volume: 10 mL

Collection Instructions:

1. Collect urine for 24 hours.

2. Refrigerate urine specimen within 4 hours of completion of 24-hour collection

3. See Metals Analysis Specimen Collection and Transport for complete instructions.

Additional Information: For multiple collections see Urine Preservatives-Collection and Transportation for 24-Hour Urine Specimens