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Performing Laboratory
St. Luke's Hospital Cedar Rapids
Specimen Requirements
Container/Tube:
Preferred: Green-top (heparin) tube-Hemolyzed specimen is not acceptable.
Acceptable: Gold-top serum gel tube or plain red-top tube
SpecimenVolume: minimum volume of 6.4 µL plus a dead volume is required for testing
Stability: Separated specimens should be analyzed immediately or kept at 2 – 8 °C
and analyzed within 3 weeks.
Note: 1. Iron values may be falsely elevated in the presence of therapeutic iron-containing compounds such as iron dextran.
Reference Values
Male: 61-157 µg/dL
Female: 37-145 µg/dL
Day(s) Test Set Up
Monday through Sunday
Useful For
Iron measurements are used in the diagnosis and treatment of disease such as iron deficiency anemia, hemochromatosis (a disease associated with widespread deposit in the tissues of two iron containing pigments, hemosiderin and hemofuscin, and characterized by pigmentation of the skin), and chronic renal disease. Iron determinations are performed for the diagnosis and monitoring of microcytic anemia
(i.e. due to iron metabolism disorders and hemoglobinopathy), macrocytic anemia (i.e. due to vitamin B12 deficiency, folic acid deficiency and drug-induced metabolic disorders of unknown origin), as well as normocytic anemias such as renal anemia (erythropoietin deficiency), hemolytic anemia, hemoglobinopathy, bone marrow disease, and toxic bone marrow damage.
Methodology
Colorimetric Assay
Test Classification and CPT Coding
83540
Report Available
Stat within 1 hour of receipt.
Routine within 2 hours of receipt.