Barbiturates, Serum or Plasma, Quantitative BARQNT

Method(s) Quantitative Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry/Quantitative Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry
Specimen Required
Collect

One 5 mL gray (sodium fluoride/potassium oxalate) top tube. Also acceptable: Plain red, green (sodium heparin), lavender (EDTA), or pink (K2EDTA) top tubes.

Transport 3.5 mL serum or plasma at 2-8°C. (Min: 1.5 mL)
Stability After separation from cells: Ambient: 1 week; Refrigerated: 2 weeks; Frozen: 3 years
Unacceptable Conditions

Separator tubes. Plasma or whole blood collected in light blue (sodium citrate) top tubes. Specimens exposed to repeated freeze/thaw cycles.

Schedule Tue, Thu, Sat
Billing Code 5011607
CPTCode 80345 (Alt Ccode: G0480)
Preferred Specimen Collection Device(s)
Reference Interval
Drugs CoveredCutoff Concentrations
Butalbital50 ng/mL
Pentobarbital50 ng/mL
Phenobarbital50 ng/mL
No Appointment Necessary
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