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Salicylate

Test Code
LAB34


Alias/See Also
Aspirin; ASA; SAL


CPT Codes
80196

Instructions
"Routine venipuncture.
Collect one 4.5ml light green top (heparin) tubeor one 5ml Red/gold serum separator tube"


Specimen Stability
Refrigerate, stable 48 hours; stable 8 hours at room temperature; stable >48 hours if frozen.


Reject Criteria (Eg, hemolysis? Lipemia? Thaw/Other?)
Failure to follow collection and handling procedures


Methodology
Colorimetric:The amount of dye is proportional to the concentration of salicylate in the sample by reflectance spectrophotometry.

Setup Schedule
Daily/STAT


Report Available
Within 1hr


Reference Range
No standard reference range. Refer to Salicylateconcentration/time course graph, such as Horwanitz 1984, for interpretation.




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