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| 80181:DESIPRAMINE | |||||||||
| Alias Names: | Norpramine / Norpramine by HPLC / Pertofrane | ||||||||
| Methodology: | High Performance Liquid Chromatography / Tandem Mass Spectrometry (HPLC/MS/MS) | ||||||||
| Edit Date: | 11/16/2010 | ||||||||
| Performed: | Daily | ||||||||
| Released: | 24-48 hours after setup at PeaceHealth Laboratories’ reference lab. | ||||||||
| CPT Code: | 80160-90 | ||||||||
| Specimen Collection Details | |||||||||
| Collection: | One 5 mL red top tube. Also acceptable: One 4 mL green top tube (heparin), 4 mL lavender top tube, or 4 mL grey top tube (potassium oxalate/sodium fluoride). Do not use serum or plasma separator tube (SST or PST). NOTE: Do not order if imipramine has been administered. See Imipramine/Desipramine (80182). |
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| Handling: | Allow to clot, centrifuge and separate serum or plasma from cells into a plastic vial. | ||||||||
| Stability: | 5 days ambient, 14 days refrigerated, or 6 months frozen. | ||||||||
| Standard Volume: | 2 mL plasma or serum. | ||||||||
| Minimum Volume: | 0.6 mL plasma or serum. | ||||||||
| Transport: | Refrigerated. | ||||||||
| Comments: | Do not order if Imipramine has been administered. | ||||||||
| Rejection Criteria: | Use of SST or PST. | ||||||||
| Reference Range: | |||||||||||||||||||
| Therapeutic range | 100-300 ng/mL | ||||||||||||||||||
| Toxic | >500 ng/mL | ||||||||||||||||||