Test Code LAB15824 Zinc, Plasma (Mayo FZINC)

Important Note

UVMMC: This test must be collected at the Main Campus, 111 Colchester Avenue, Burlington, VT

Orderable Codes:

Epic Code	Atlas Code	Mayo Test ID	Order LOINC
LAB15824	LAB15824	FZINC	5763-8

Result Component(s):

Reporting Name	Epic Code	Atlas Code	Mayo Test ID	Result LOINC
Zinc	12301012683	MZ5980	Z5980	5763-8

Container	Specimen	Temperature	Collect Vol	Submit Vol	Min Vol	Stability
*Royal Blue Top	Plasma	Refrigerate	4 mL	2 mL	0.7 mL	28 days

*Trace metal-free; EDTA

Spin down and send 2 mL plasma in an acid washed plastic screw capped vial (MML Supply T619).

Plasma gel tube is NOT acceptable.

Inductively Coupled Plasma/Optical Emission Spectrometry (ICP/OES)

Test Name	CPT Code
Zinc, Plasma	84630

Reporting limit determined each analysis

Adults: 80 - 120 mcg/dL

Concentrations are age and diet dependent. Serum zinc concentrations can be 5 - 15% higher than plasma concentrations.

NMS Labs, Interface (via Mayo)