Tests generally appear in the order most useful for common clinical situations
| Test name: Lead, Blood (Capillary) |
| ARUP #: 0020745 |
| Methodology: Quantitative Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry |
| Use: Detect and confirm exposure to lead |
| Limitations: Elevated results may be due to skin or other collection-related contamination Testing is not performed when any clots are visible; visible clots may result when anticoagulant is not adequately mixed with capillary blood |
| Follow-up: Elevated concentrations of blood lead should be confirmed with a venous specimen collected in a lead-free tube |
| Test name: Lead, Blood (Venous) |
| ARUP #: 0020098 |
| Methodology: Quantitative Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry |
| Use: Detect and confirm exposure to lead |
| Limitations: Elevated results may be due to use of a blood collection tube that is not certified to be lead-free. |
| Test name: Lead, Industrial Exposure Panel, Adults |
| ARUP #: 0025016 |
| Methodology: Quantitative Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry/Hematofluorometry |
| Use: Detect and confirm exposure to lead; testing consistent with OSHA guidelines |
| Limitations: Elevated results may be due to use of a blood collection tube that is not certified to be lead-free. |
| Test name: Lead, Urine |
| ARUP #: 0025060 |
| Methodology: Quantitative Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry |
| Use: Detect acute exposure to lead; monitor chelation therapy |
| Limitations: Blood is the preferred specimen |
Additional Tests Available
| Test name: Heavy Metals Panel 3, Blood |
| ARUP #: 0099470 |
| Methodology: Quantitative Atomic Absorption/Quantitative Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry |
| Comments: |
| Test name: Heavy Metals Panel 3, Urine with Reflex to Arsenic Fractionated |
| ARUP #: 0099475 |
| Methodology: Quantitative Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry |
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| Test name: Heavy Metals Panel 4, Blood |
| ARUP #: 0020584 |
| Methodology: Quantitative Atomic Absorption/Quantitative Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry |
| Comments: |
| Test name: Heavy Metals Panel 4, Urine with Reflex to Arsenic Fractionated |
| ARUP #: 0020572 |
| Methodology: Quantitative Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry |
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| Test name: Heavy Metals Panel 6, Urine with Reflex to Arsenic Fractionated |
| ARUP #: 0025055 |
| Methodology: Quantitative Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry |
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| Test name: Lead, Nails |
| ARUP #: 0090338 |
| Methodology: Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry |
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| Test name: Lead, Hair |
| ARUP #: 0090336 |
| Methodology: Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry |
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| Test name: Zinc Protoporphyrin (ZPP), Whole Blood |
| ARUP #: 0020605 |
| Methodology: Quantitative Hematofluorometry |
| Comments: |
| Test name: Zinc Protoporphyrin (ZPP), Whole Blood Industrial |
| ARUP #: 0020614 |
| Methodology: Quantitative Hematofluorometry |
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| Test name: Erythrocyte Porphyrin (EP), Whole Blood |
| ARUP #: 0020610 |
| Methodology: Quantitative Extraction/Fluorometry |
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