Red top [bold][mark color=red]DO NOT USE SST TUBE[/mark][/bold]
1 mL serum
0.3 mL
Collect specimen in red top tube; do not use SST tube. Centrifuge within 2 hours of collection, aliquot serum into plastic screw capped vial and refrigerate or freeze.
Collect specimen in red top tube; do not use SST tube. Send to Specimen Processing in a green bag. Spin and freeze within 2 hours of collection.
Tuesday, Thursday
3 - 8 days
Liquid Chromatography/Tandem Mass Spectrometry (LC/MS/MS)
Haloperidol: 5 - 17 ng/mL; Reduced Haloperidol: 10 - 80 ng/mL.
Therapeutic drug monitoring.
Test sent to Mayo Clinic Laboratories.
Z176-8
80173
22186
SST tube not acceptable.