91173 Olanzapine - Interpath Laboratory, Inc.

91173 Olanzapine

Specimen:

Collect:

One 10 mL Red Top

Also Acceptable
Two 4 mL Green Top (Li Heparin)
Two 4 mL Lavender (EDTA)
Two 4 mL Green Top (Na Heparin)
Two 4 mL Gray Top

Submit:

2 mL (Min:1 mL) Serum. Submit Frozen. Submit in a Standard Transport Tube.

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

Special Handling:

Critical Frozen
Separate aliquot required for each frozen test ordered
Separate from cells ASAP

Rejection Criteria:

Use of separator tubes
Whole blood

Stability:

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

Methodology:

Quantitative Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry

Performed:

Monday, Thursday

Reported:

2-6 Day(s)

CPT Codes:

82491

Interpretive Data:

General Reference Range : 5-75 ng/mL