Methylphenidate + Mtb, Urine (LABCORP)

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LAB2519: Drug Monitoring, Methylphenidate Metabolite, Quantitative, Urine | LABCORP EAP: 791170

LABCORP LAB: URINE CUP (Refrigerated) Min Vol: 2

This test is to be used in areas that will send the specimens to a hospital lab for incubation. If the specimens will not be incubated prior to sending to LabCorp, please order LAB2385. The QuantiFERON®-TB Gold Plus collection kit contains the instructions for the collection and handling of (one each): (1) gray-top (with white ring), uncoated (nil); (2) green cap with white ring, TB1 tube; (3) yellow cap with white ring, TB2 tube; (4) purple top with white ring, mitogen-coated. A high altitude kit is also available for locations between 3350 and 6150 feet; a cap with a yellow ring differentiates the tubes. Blood collection tubes should be at room temperature at the time of collection. Refer to collection instructions included with draw kit. Special specimen collection kit contains four gel-barrier tubes as noted above. All four tubes are required for a single test result. Each tube is designed to draw only 1 mL and fill time may be longer than other blood collection tubes. Because of the limited vacuum in these tubes, use a needle and holder (not a butterfly) to collect QuantiFERON® specimens. If a butterfly is required, first collect other required tubes or use another Vacutainer® tube to purge the butterfly line of air and then proceed with drawing the QuantiFERON tubes. Fill tubes to the black fill line on the tube. If tubes are underfilled or overfilled (see kit insert), immediately collect a replacement tube. Following proper fill, label the tubes appropriately and shake tubes 10 times firmly enough to ensure the entire surface of the tube is coated with blood cells to solubilize the antigen on the tube walls. After shaking, the volume may fall below the fill line. Do not centrifuge or refrigerate specimens. Return each of the four properly filled, labeled, and shaken tubes to the box labeled ""QFT kit."" Seal the top by removing tape from the adhesive.

Storage Instructions: Before incubation, maintain specimen at room temperature at 37°C. Stability: Kit must be incubated within 16 hours of collection. After incubation, maintain specimen at room temperature (17°C to 27°C). Do not centrifuge, refrigerate, or ship tubes on ice. Causes for Rejection: Grossly hemolyzed, icteric, or lipemic samples; expired collection tubes; specimen centrifuged, refrigerated, or frozen; specimen more than 94 hours old on receipt by lab; receipt of three tube collection kit; under-filled or over-filled tubes; tubes that do not yield sufficient plasma for testing. Special Instructions: This test is time-sensitive. Specimens must be incubated at 37°C for 16 to 24 hours prior to transport to LabCorp and specimens must be received in the laboratory within 70 hours after incubation by the client (no more than 94 hours from the time of collection). Specimen collection times will be dependent on logistics from the incubating location to a LabCorp lab.

LABCORP LAB
STAT: 5760 min
Routine: 5760 min
Extended TAT: No TAT min
Timed: 5760 min
Life or Death: 5760 min