Red top tube (SST tube is not acceptable)
0.8 mL serum
0.5 mL serum
Collect specimen in a red top tube (SST tube is not acceptable). Centrifuge, aliquot serum into a plastic vial and refrigerate.
Monday - Sunday
2 - 5 days
Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry (LC-MS/MS)
Nicotine: <3 ng/mL; Cotinine: <3 ng/mL.
Monitoring of tobacco use.
Test sent to Mayo Medical Laboratories.
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SST tube is not acceptable
Refrigerated preferred, ambient or frozen are acceptable