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Collection Requirements
Source: blood
Container(s):
Preferred: Red
Acceptable: Sodium heparin green or Sodium fluoride/potassium
oxalate gray
Volume: 4 mL in vacutainer
Turn Around Time
7-10 days
Availability
Routine
Includes
Cocaine, Ecgonine Methlylester (EME), Benzoylecgonine, and Cocaethylene
Lab Processing Instructions
Specimen: plasma or serum
Spin, separate, and refrigerate
Performing Laboratory
Adele Hall
Adele Hall Lab Section
Toxicology
Instrumentation/Methodology
Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (GC/MS)
Reference Ranges
<50 ng/mL
CPT
80353