Manganese, Urine (Occupational)

Diagnostic Use

Occupational exposure to manganese is through the lungs via inhalation during mining of manganese ores and welding of mild steel (used as a toughening agent). Permanganate compounds are used in glass and ceramics industries and are also used as powerful oxidising agents.

Department

Lipids/Trace Metals

Delphic Registration Code

UMN

Laboratory Handling

Phlebotomy

Sample timing is not critical for occupational exposure. Blood manganese is the sample of choice for occupational monitoring.

Registration

Send to separating if ambient on arrival. Send to trace metals if frozen on arrival.

Separating

Aliquot to Core laboratory for UCRN

Test Adds

Ambient 7 days, refrigerated (preferred) 28 days, frozen 28 days

Turnaround Time

14 days

Test Code

3957

Specimen Type

• Urine

Specimen Requirements

Tube/Container Type:

Preferred

• Pottle

Preferred Sample Volume (ml)

6

Minimum Sample Volume (ml)

1

No of Samples Required

1

Aliquot Instructions

Sample Type

• Urine

Minimum Volume (ml)

2

Transport to Lab

Ambient (8 - 24 degrees Celsius)
Chilled (2 - 8 degrees Celsius)

Additional Referral/Aliquot Information

Courier to lab ambient or chilled.

Interpretation

Reports issued by Canterbury Health laboratories will have results along with current Normal population Reference Intervals (RI).
For interpretation against Biological exposure indexes (BEI) please refer to the latest Worksafe’s: Biological Exposure Index (BEI) review.

See link in “Additional Information” tab below for Workplace Exposure Standards on the Worksafe.govt.nz website.

To convert urine manganese nmol/L to ug/L, multiply by 0.055.
For example, 20 nmol/L = 1 ug/L (ppb).

Test Method

ICP-MS

Non-Funded Test Cost

$66.34 (Exclusive of GST)

Billing Code

3958

Resources

• Workplace Exposure Standards

Contact Information

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