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Recent changes for Copper - Urine
Do not aliquot sample. Weigh the container/contents. Send the primary urine bottle to RCH.
Do not aliquot sample. Weigh the container/contents Note the bottle weight and the volume. Send the primary urine bottle to RCH.
24 hour urine directly into a special nitric-acid washed container available from the laboratory. Please DO NOT use a standard 24 hour urine container.
Patient Collection Instructions
24 hour urine directly into a special HCL acid washed container available from the laboratory. Please DO NOT use a standard 24 hour urine container.
Austin Pathology
Royal Childrens Hospital
As required
Weekly
Send whole container to Austin Pathology. Do Not aliquot.
To be collected in a HCL acid washed bottle.
Bottles available from Pathology. Request must be presented before bottle will be given to ensure compliance.
24 hour urinary copper is a more useful test for Wilson's disease. Copper levels increase with intake of oestrogen, steroids, or in third trimester of pregnancy.
Specimen Reception, Level 4
East Building, 50 Flemington Road,
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