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Collection Requirements
Source: blood
Container(s):
- Preferred: Red
- Acceptable: Sodium heparin green or Sodium fluoride/potassium oxalate gray
Volume: 2 mL in vacutainer
Turn Around Time
STAT: 2 hours
Routine: 8 hours
Availability
STAT
Routine
Lab Processing Instructions
Specimen: plasma or serum
Spin, separate, and refrigerate
Performing Laboratory
Adele Hall
Kansas
Adele Hall Lab Section
Toxicology
Instrumentation/Methodology
Adele Hall: Gas Chromatography (GC)
Kansas: Vitros
Critical Values
Serum/plasma: >100 mg/dL in children >200 mg/dL in adults
Reference Ranges
<10 mg/dL
CPT
80320- if tested at Adele Hall laboratory
82077- if tested at Kansas laboratory