Red top or Green top tube DO NOT USE SST or PST TUBE
2 mL serum or plasma
0.5 mL serum or plasma
Collect specimen in a red top or green top tube; do not use SST tube. Centrifuge, aliquot serum or plasma into a plastic vial and refrigerate.
Daily
3 - 8 days
Liquid Chromatography/Tandem Mass Spectrometry (LC/MS/MS)
50 - 170 ng/mL, critical: 500 ng/mL.
Test sent to Mayo Medical Laboratories; performed by MedTox Laboratories.
80335
32116
SST or PST tube not acceptable.