Eurofins Biomnis code

PBST

Synonyms

• Lead concentration
• Pb
• saturnism

Specialty

Analytical Chemistry

Clinical significance

Lead may induce occupational poisoning and poisoning associated with housing in insalubrious buildings, essentially in children ("Pica" phenomenon). Due to its half-life in blood (30 days), lead presence in the blood reflects recent exposure.

Preanalytics

• 5 mL :
• Whole blood sodium heparin, lithium heparin, EDTA (Gel-free separator tubes)
•   Reftrigerated

• A tube specifically for this analysis : No

Further information

Specimen must be referred immediately after sampling given that the stability of the sample is 14 days.
Special trace element tubes (sodium heparin) are recommended. The use of vacuum tubes is recommended.
Childhood lead poisoning: caution, all childhood lead blood testing requests must be accompanied by the "Lead poisoning
in minor children" sheet downloadable on the site www.biomnis.com
In order to avoid the risk of external pollution:
Do not sample at the contaminated site.
The skin must be washed with disinfectant before sampling.

Methodology

Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS)

Turnaround time

4 days