Strychnine, serum/plasma-994

Test info

  
Strychnine, serum/plasma
  
994
  
LAB994
  
MSO
  

Reflex to Strychnine Confirmation Sr/Pls

  

Exposure monitoring. Results when ordering this test code will be based upon a single analysis only.

Specimen

  
Serum
  
  
7.0 mL
  
3.4 mL
  
  1. Allow sample to clot
  2. Spin
  3. Transfers serum to a Transfer vial/tube with cap - 12mL (LabCorp), labelled as serum, within 45 minutes of sample collection
  
  
EDTA plasma
  
  
  1. Spin
  2. Transfers plasma to a Transfer vial/tube with cap - 12mL (LabCorp), labelled as EDTA plasma, within 45 minutes of sample collection
  

Ambient - 2 days

Refrigerated - 7 days

Frozen -20°C - 11 months

  
  • Gel separation tube (SST or PST)

Performance

  
National Medical Services (9263SP) via LabCorp (830272): R-NX
  
Mo, We
  
Negative - 8 days
Positive - 15 days
  

Gas Chromatography (GC)

Clinical and Interpretive info

  

Potentially lethal concentrations are in excess of 500 ng/mL

Billing

  
80307
  
Result SOLOINC

Tracking

  
05/23/2019
  
12/18/2019
  
08/18/2022