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Drug Coma/Overdose Profile I, Blood
MessageLabCorp
Test Code
41780
Alias/See Also
Drug Screen, Coma/Overdose Profile I, Blood
CPT Codes
80101(x3); 80154; 80185; 80196; 82003; 82205; 82980; 84600
Includes
"• Volatiles: acetone; ethanol; isopropanol; methanol
• *Antidepressants: amitriptyline (Elavil®); desipramine (Norpramin®); doxepin (Adapin®, Sinequan®); imipramine (Tofranil®); nortriptyline (Pamelor®)
• *Barbiturates: amobarbital (Amytal®); butabarbi
• *Antidepressants: amitriptyline (Elavil®); desipramine (Norpramin®); doxepin (Adapin®, Sinequan®); imipramine (Tofranil®); nortriptyline (Pamelor®)
• *Barbiturates: amobarbital (Amytal®); butabarbi
Preferred Specimen
"Serum and whole blood
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Minimum Volume
"1.5 mL serum and 0.5 mL whole blood
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Instructions
"Sample is tested for the presence of the drugs listed above. Drugs will be quantitated. Indicate suspected substance if possible.
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Transport Container
"Red-top tube and gray-top (sodium fluoride) tube
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Transport Temperature
"Refrigerate
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Specimen Stability
"Room temperature 14 days
Refrigerated 14 days
Frozen 14 days
Freeze/thaw cycles Stable x3
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Refrigerated 14 days
Frozen 14 days
Freeze/thaw cycles Stable x3
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Reject Criteria (Eg, hemolysis? Lipemia? Thaw/Other?)
"Gel tube; hemolysis; gross lipemia; icteric specimen
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Methodology
"Gas chromatography (GC); thin-layer chromatography (TLC); immunoassay; liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry (LC/MS-MS) "
