Acetaminophen, serum

Test Code
7740


Alias/See Also
Acephen, Apap 500 Aspirin


CPT Codes
82003

Preferred Specimen
serum or plasma


Minimum Volume
0.6 ml


Transport Container
Red-top tube or green-top (heparin) tube. Do not use a gel-barrier tube.


Transport Temperature
Refrigerate.


Reject Criteria (Eg, hemolysis? Lipemia? Thaw/Other?)
Gel-barrier tube; hemolysis; gross lipemia; icteric specimen


Methodology
Enzymatic

Reference Range
"Therapeutic: 10-25 µg/mL Potentially toxic: >200 µg/mL


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