80970:BUPRENORPHINE
Author PeaceHealth Laboratories
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| Alias Names: |
Buprenex® / Suboxone® / Subutex® / Temgesic® |
| Methodology: |
High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) / Tandem Mass Spectrometry (MS/MS) |
| Edit Date: |
5/12/2010 |
| Components: |
Buprenorphine – Free / Norbuprenorphine – Free |
| Performed: |
Monday, Wednesday, Friday |
| Released: |
5 days after setup at PeaceHealth Laboratories’ reference lab |
| CPT Code: |
83925-90 |
| Specimen Collection Details |
| Collection: |
Two 5 mL red top tubes. Do not use serum separator tube (SST). Also acceptable: Plasma. Do not use plasma separator tube (PST). |
| Handling: |
Allow to clot, centrifuge and separate serum or plasma into a plastic vial. Refrigerate. |
| Stability: |
7 days ambient, 30 days refrigerated, or 30 days frozen. |
| Standard Volume: |
4 mL serum or plasma |
| Minimum Volume: |
2 mL serumor plasma |
| Transport: |
Refrigerated. |
| Comments: |
Useful for therapeutic drug monitoring. |
| Rejection Criteria: |
Specimen collected in SST or PST. |
