83470:EMETINE (IPECAC) LEVEL
Author PeaceHealth Laboratories
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| Alias Names: |
Cephaeline |
| Methodology: |
High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) / Tandem Mass Spectrometry (MS/MS) |
| Edit Date: |
5/17/2010 |
| Components: |
Cephaeline / Emitine |
| Performed: |
Monday-Friday |
| Released: |
7 days after setup at PeaceHealth Laboratories’ reference lab |
| CPT Code: |
80101-90 |
| Specimen Collection Details |
| Collection: |
One 5 mL red top tube. Also acceptable: One 4 mL lavender top tube (EDTA) or one 6 mL grey top tube (potassium oxalate/sodium fluoride). Do not use serum separator tube (SST) or plasma separator tube (PST). |
| Handling: |
Allow to clot, centrifuge and immediately separate serum or plasma into a plastic vial. |
| Stability: |
16 days ambient, 16 days refrigerated, or 16 days frozen. |
| Standard Volume: |
2 mL serum or plasma |
| Minimum Volume: |
1 mL serum or plasma |
| Transport: |
Refrigerated. |
| Comments: |
Useful for therapeutic drug monitoring. |
| Rejection Criteria: |
Specimen collected in SST or PST. |