Cadmium (urine)
Random Urine (2x Tan top)
Referral
1 week
UCD
The urine pottle used for specimen collection must be shown to be free of Cadmium contamination. Yellow pottles are not ideal.
Sampling time is not critical for exposure
Biological monitoring
Blood cadmium reflects average intake over the previous few months
Urine cadmium is indicative of body burden when exposure is low to moderate
Fridge
Canterbury Health Laboratory (via WHL)
5 mL urine