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Acetaminophen, serum
Test Code7740
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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