CARBAMAZEPINE, TOTAL


METHODOLOGY
Rate Agglutination

PERFORMED
Mon. - Fri.

REPORTED
Same Day

COLLECT
Red Top Vacutainer; Minimum volume 0.1 mL serum

TRANSPORT
Refrigerated

STABILITY
Serum must be removed from cells within 2 hours.





Stable:


Room Temperature - 24 hours


Refrigerated - 2 weeks


Frozen - 1 year

UNACCEPTABLE CONDITIONS
SST Vacutainer Tube


Hemolyzed Samples

REMARKS
STAT results available if sample is received in laboratory before 3 PM.

REFERENCE RANGE
Therapeutic Range 4.0 - 12.0 mg/L

INTERPRETIVE DATA
Toxicity Level > 15.0 mg/L

CPT CODE(S)
80156

BILLING INFORMATION


ICD-9 (Dx) CODE INFORMATION


DATE UPDATED
10/06/2008; MKH
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