PARATHYROID HORMONE (PTH) WITH CALCIUM

SPECIMEN: 1 ML SERUM

TUBE TYPE: SERUM (SST) / TIGER-TOP TUBE / TIGER TOP

MINIMUM VOLUME: 1 ML PLASMA AND 0.5 ML SERUM.

TRANSPORT: REFRIGERATE…

PARATHYROID HORMONE (PTH) INTACT

SPECIMEN: 1.5 ML SERUM

TUBE TYPE: SERUM (SST) / TIGER-TOP TUBE / TIGER TOP

MINIMUM VOLUME: 0.7 ML

TRANSPORT: REFRIGERATE…

OXCARBAZEPINE (TRILEPTAL)

SPECIMEN: 1 ML SERUM

TUBE TYPE: RED-TOP TUBE

MINIMUM VOLUME: 0.5 ML

TRANSPORT: REFRIGERATE; CENTRIFUGE AND TRANSFER SERUM TO A PLASTIC TRANSPORT TUBE.…

OPIATES

SPECIMEN: 5 ML URINE

CONTAINER: URINE TRANSPORT CONTAINER

MINIMUM VOLUME: 2 ML

TRANSPORT: REFRIGERATE…

NICOTINE METABOLITE, URINE

SPECIMEN: 5 ML RANDOM URINE

TUBE TYPE: URINE TRANSPORT CONTAINER

MINIMUM VOLUME: 5 ML

TRANSPORT: REFRIGERATE…

NICOTINE METABOLITE

SPECIMEN: 4 ML SERUM

TUBE TYPE: RED-TOP (SERUM) TUBE

MINIMUM VOLUME: 1 ML

TRANSPORT: REFRIGERATE

 

SPECIMEN: 4 ML PLASMA

TUBE TYPE: EDTA PLASMA- PURPLE TOP

MINIMUM VOLUME: 2 ML

TRANSPORT: REFRIGERATE…

MICROALBUMIN CREATININE RATIO, RANDOM URINE

SPECIMEN: 1 ML URINE (RANDOM)

CONTAINER: URINE TRANSPORT CONTAINER

MINIMUM VOLUME: 2 ML

TRANSPORT: REFRIGERATE…

METHADONE

SPECIMEN: 5 ML URINE

CONTAINER: URINE TRANSPORT CONTAINER

MINIMUM VOLUME: 2 ML

TRANSPORT: REFRIGERATE…

METANEPHRINES, FRAC,. PLASMA, FREE

SPECIMEN: 2.5 ML PLASMA

TUBE TYPE: LAVENDER TOP (EDTA) TUBE

MINIMUM VOLUME: 1.5 ML

TRANSPORT: REFRIGERATE; DRAW SPECIMEN IN A PRE-CHILLED EDTA LAVENDER-TOP VACUTAINER®. THE WHOLE BLOOD SAMPLE SHOULD BE KEPT ON WET ICE UNTIL CENTRIFUGED (PREFERABLY AT 4° C) …

METABOLIC PANEL (8), BASIC (BMP)

SPECIMEN: 1 ML SERUM

TUBE TYPE: SERUM (SST) / TIGER-TOP TUBE / TIGER TOP

MINIMUM VOLUME: 0.5 ML

TRANSPORT: REFRIGERATE; PATIENT SHOULD FAST 12 HOURS PRECEDING COLLECTION.