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Heroin Screen, Serum/Plasma
Test CodeHERNQ
Quest Code
3154
CPT Codes
80307
Preferred Specimen
3 mL serum collected in a red-top tube (no-gel)
Minimum Volume
1.3 mL
Other Acceptable Specimens
Plasma collected in: Sodium fluoride/potassium oxalate (gray-top) tube
Instructions
Promptly centrifuge and separate serum or plasma into a transport tube
Transport Container
Transport tube
Transport Temperature
Refrigerated (cold packs)
Specimen Stability
Room temperature: 48 hours
Refrigerated: 14 days
Frozen: 30 days
Refrigerated: 14 days
Frozen: 30 days
Reject Criteria (Eg, hemolysis? Lipemia? Thaw/Other?)
Received room temperature • Serum separator tube (SST) or PST
Methodology
Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA)
Setup Schedule
Mon-Sat
Report Available
3 Days
Performing Laboratory
| NMS Labs |
| 200 Welsh Road |
| Horsham, PA 19044 |
