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Copper, 24-Hour Urine QCOP24

Specimen Required
Method(s)	Inductively Couple Plasma/Mass Spectrometry (ICP/MS)
Collect	24 hour urine.
Transport	7 mL aliquot of a well-mixed 24-hour urine collected in an acid-washed or metal-free container ambient (Min: 3 mL). * Collection Instructions * Collect without perservative and transport in an acid-washed or metal-free palstic container. Record total volume on specimen container and on test requisition. To avoid contamination, do not measure 24-hour volume.
Stability	Ambient: 5 days Refrigerated: 14 days Frozen: 30 days
Unacceptable Conditions	Hemloysis Random urine Fecal contamination

Schedule	Mon-Fri
CPTCode	82525
Notes	Performing Laboratory-Quest Diagnostics-Chantilly VA
Preferred Specimen Collection Device(s)
24-Hour Urine Collection Container
Reference Interval
15-60 mcg/24 h