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Unit Code 89120:
Manganese, Blood

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Specimen Required

1. Draw blood in a royal blue-top Monoject trace element blood collection

     tube, product #8881-307022 (Supply T183), and send 2 mL of EDTA

     whole blood refrigerated. A Becton-Dickinson MICROTAINER

     (Supply T174) is also acceptable. (Green-top [heparin] tube is

    not acceptable.)

2. Send specimen in original container.

3. It is important that the specimen be obtained, processed, and

     transported according to instructions in "Metals Analysis - Collection

     and Transport" in Special Instructions.

Transport Temperature

Refrig\Ambient OK\Frozen OK

Reject Due To

Specimens Other Than:                 Whole blood

Anticoagulants Other Than:           EDTA

Hemolysis:                                          No

Thawing:                                              NA

Lipemia:                                               No

Day(s) and Time(s) Test Performed

Thursday; 11 a.m.

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