88530:TIAGABINE (GABATRIL)
Author PeaceHealth Laboratories
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Methodology: |
High Performance Liquid Chromatography / Tandem Mass Spectrometry (LC/MS/MS) |
Edit Date: |
8/19/2008 |
Performed: |
Monday, Wednesday, Friday |
Released: |
72 hours after setup at PeaceHealth Laboratories’ reference lab. |
CPT Code: |
82542-90 |
Specimen Collection Details |
Collection: |
One 5 mL red top tube. Do not use serum separator tube (SST) or plasma separator tube (PST). Draw prior to dosing. |
Handling: |
Allow to clot, centrifuge and separate serum from cells and pour into a plastic vial. |
Stability: |
7 days ambient or refrigerated, or 14 days frozen. |
Standard Volume: |
2 mL serum. |
Minimum Volume: |
1 mL serum. |
Transport: |
Refrigerated. |
Comments: |
A trough serum draw is recommended for therapeutic drug monitoring. |
Rejection Criteria: |
Specimen collected in SST or PST. |