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Performing Laboratory
North Ottawa Community Hospital
Specimen Requirements
Submit only 1 of the following specimens:
Preferred:
Specimen Type: Serum
Container/Tube: Serum gel
Specimen Volume: 1 mL
Collection Instruction:
1. Label specimen as serum.
2. Avoid hemolysis and lipemia.
Acceptable:
Specimen Type: Serum
Container/Tube: red top
Specimen Volume: 1 mL
Collection Instruction:
1. Label specimen as serum.
2. Avoid hemolysis and lipemia.
Reference Values
Therapeutic concentration: 0.9-2.0 ng/mL
Toxic concentration (automatic call-back): >2.6 ng/mL
Day(s) Test Set Up
Monday through Sunday
Methodology
Multiple-point Immuno-Rate
Specimen Transport Temperature
Ambient
Test Classification and CPT Coding
80162
Specimen Storage and Stability
| Specimen Type | Temperature | Time |
| Serum | Room Temp | < 8 hours |
| Refrigerated (primary) | <7 days | |
| Frozen | <4 months |