Test ID: ZG229
CPT code: 82232
LOINC: 1953-9
Specimen Type: RANDOM URINE PH 6-8
Frequency: Setup: Mon,Wed,Fri; analytic time 1 day
Instructions: 3.0 mL urine from random collection. Add 1 M NaOH to urine for pH between 6-8, send Frozen. See comments for Patient instructions.
Text: Patient should empty bladder.
Have a patient drink at least 0.5 liters of water.
Within 1 hour, collect a random urine specimen.
Transfer 3 mls to plastic 5 ml urine tube and Freeze.
Evaluation of renal tubular damage and monitoring exposures to cadmium and mercury.
Components: Z1075 Beta-2-Microglobulin, U; Z7045 Creatinine, Urine-per volume; Z7046 Beta-2-Microglobulin, ratio to CRT; Z7047 pH, Urine.
Methodology: Automated Chemiluminescent Immunometric Assay