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Atenolol, Serum/Plasma

Test Code
6044


Preferred Specimen
Red Top


Minimum Volume
0.22 mL


Other Acceptable Specimens
Plasma collected in: EDTA (lavender-top) or EDTA (pink-top) tube


Instructions
Promptly centrifuge and separate serum or plasma into a transport tube


Transport Container
Transport tube


Transport Temperature
Room temperature


Specimen Stability
Room temperature: 7 days
Refrigerated: 30 days
Frozen: 30 days


Reject Criteria (Eg, hemolysis? Lipemia? Thaw/Other?)
Serum separator tube (SST) • Polymer gel separation tube


Methodology

Liquid Chromatography/Tandem Mass Spectrometry (LC/MS/MS)





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