Eurofins Biomnis code

IOD

Synonyms

• Iodine concentration
• PBI
• Protein-bound iodine
• Sandell-Kolthoff reaction

Specialty

Analytical Chemistry

Clinical significance

Total serum iodine levels include all iodine, both that contained in thyroid hormones and that from other sources. The purpose of this test is to detect iodine overload.Certain drugs are based on iodine-containing active substances, e.g. amiodarone. Among the other possible factors which might contribute to overload are antiseptic skin products (e.g. iodinated polyvinylpyrrolidone) because iodine can cross skin and mucous membranes.

Preanalytics

• 2 mL :
• Serum (do not use tubes with separator gel)
•   Reftrigerated

• A tube specifically for this analysis : No

Methodology

Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS)

Turnaround time

1 week