Comprehensive Toxic & Essential Elements Profile
Test Details
Lab Company: ZRT Laboratory
Sample Type: Urine, Blood Spot
Collection Location: At Home
The Comprehensive Toxic & Essential Elements Profile provides a complete assessment of the most important elements involved in health-related effects.
🔑 Key Details | 📦 Shipping |
⏰ Preparation & Timing | 📊 Results |
🧪 Collection Instructions | 📚 More Resources |
💳 Requisition & Payment |
💬 Questions? |
Key Details
- Do not collect while menstruating.
- If you recently had an MRI with gadolinium contrast, wait at least 96 hours before collecting your samples.
- You must avoid certain foods and supplements for 24 hours prior to and on the day of your collection.
- You will collect both urine and blood spot samples. Your first sample will be collected immediately upon waking.
Preparation & Timing
- Do not collect while menstruating.
- If you recently had an MRI with gadolinium contrast, wait at least 96 hours before collecting your samples.
- If you take iodine or selenium supplements (such as Iodoral or a multi-vitamin) daily, continue to take them as normal during the testing period.
- Avoid the following foods and supplements for 24 hours prior to and on the day of your collection.
- Seafood
- Seaweed/kelp
- Dairy products
- Brazil nuts
- Any other food high in iodine
- Any other food high in selenium
- Any iodine or selenium supplements taken periodically (not daily)
- Do not drink more than 8 oz of water in the hour prior to each urine collection.
- You will collect both urine and blood spot samples. Your first sample will be collected immediately upon waking.
Collection Instructions
Collection Schedule
- COLLECTION 1 - URINE: Immediately upon waking.
- COLLECTION 2 - BLOOD SPOT: Within 1 hour of waking.
- COLLECTION 3 - URINE: Before bed
Urine Collection
- You will collect two urine samples. See schedule above.
- For each collection, write your name and the date and time of collection on a collection card.
- Open the cover on the collection card by folding it back, away from the filter paper.
- Do NOT touch the filter paper.
- Collect your urine in a clean cup.
- Dip the filter paper in the urine up to the top black dash line.
- Make sure the paper is fully saturated.
- *NOTE* You can also saturate the filter paper by urinating directly onto it.
- Hang or tape the collection card in a secure place to dry.
- Do NOT let anything touch the filter paper.
- Let the card dry for at least 6 hours.
- Repeat steps 2-8 for the second collection.
- Collection 2 will be done before bed.
- Once the cards are completely dry, refold them.
- Place the cards into the baggie.
- Seal the baggie.
- Place the baggie and the completed test requisition form back into the test kit box.
Blood Spot Collection
- Collect your sample within 1 hour of waking.
- Wash your hands with soap and warm water.
- Dry with a clean towel.
- Move/swing your arm and rub your hands together to increase circulation.
- Write your name, date, and time of collection on the collection card.
- Fold the collection card cover away from the filter paper (which has circles for blood collection).
- Do NOT touch the filter paper.
- Tape the card to a low surface (such as a table) with the filter paper facing out.
- Open the sterile gauze and alcohol pad.
- Use the alcohol pad to wipe the fingertip you will use for collection.
- It is best to use the ring or middle finger on your non-dominant hand.
- Remove the lancet’s cap and press the tip against the inside tip of your finger.
- Press the tip firmly against your finger until it activates (it should click).
- Wipe away the first drop of blood with the sterile gauze.
- Position your finger above the collection card.
- Gently milk blood from your finger (lightly stroke your finger down to the tip).
- Do NOT over-squeeze your finger.
- Touch the tip of the drop to the filter paper.
- Do NOT touch the paper with your finger.
- Place one drop per circle.
- Each drop should fill at least ¾ of the circle.
- Each drop should saturate the filter paper to the other side.
- Collect blood until all circles are filled.
- If blood stops flowing before you are finished, firmly wipe the finger with the gauze to get the blood flowing again.
- You can use the second lancet and another finger, if necessary.
- Bandage your finger.
- Leave the card open to dry for at least 30 minutes.
- Keep the card in a cool, dry location away from sunlight.
- Once the card is dry, fold the cover over the blood spots.
- Place the card in the test kit box.
Requisition & Payment
- Your kit has been prepaid. You DO NOT need to pay anything extra.
- Instructions on how to fill out your requisition can be found HERE.
- Since you pre-paid for your tests, you do not need to fill in the payment information on any of these forms.
Shipping
- To prepare your samples for shipping,
- Place the COMPLETELY DRY, folded urine sample cards into the baggie and seal.
- Place the baggie into the test kit box.
- Place the COMPLETELY DRY, folded blood spot card into the test kit box.
- Place the completed test requisition form into the test kit box.
- Place the test kit box into the provided envelope.
- Attach the provided, prepaid label.
- Make a note of the tracking number so that you can track your samples back to the lab.
Results
- Results should be released to your provider 3-5 business days after samples are received at the lab. We cannot guarantee processing time.
- Your provider will notify you when your results are in and schedule a follow-up appointment for you to review them together.
More Resources
Questions?
For general questions, email Rupa Health at support@rupahealth.com. For test-specific questions, contact ZRT by calling 866-600-1636 or emailing customer support at info@zrtlab.com.