2110 Carbamazepine - Interpath Laboratory, Inc.

2110 Carbamazepine

Specimen:

Collect:

One 10 mL Red Top

Also Acceptable
One 4 mL Green Top (Li Heparin)

Submit:

1 mL (Min:0.5 mL) Serum. Submit Refrigerated. Submit in a Standard Transport Tube.

Also Acceptable
1 mL (Min:0.5 mL) Plasma. Submit Refrigerated. Submit in a Standard Transport Tube.

Special Handling:

Allow specimen to clot completely at room temperature
Avoid Repeated Freeze/Thaw Cycles
Separate from cells ASAP
State Patient's Last Dose

Rejection Criteria:

Use of separator tubes

Stability:

Ambient: 8 Hour(s); Refrigerated: 2 Day(s); Frozen: 2 Week(s); Incubated: Unacceptable

Performed:

Mon-Fri

Reported:

1-3 Day(s)

CPT Codes:

80156 - TDM Carbamazepine

Interpretive Data:

Please see report for interpretive data.

Components:

2710 - CARBAMAZEPINE

2917 - LAST DOSE