Amiodarone-13311

Test info

  
Amiodarone
  
13311
  
LAB13311
  
AMI
  
Cordarone
  

Therapeutic drug management

Specimen

  
Serum
  
  
2.0 mL
  
0.5 mL
  
  1. Allow sample to clot
  2. Spin within two (2) hours of sample collection
  3. Transfer serum to a Serum/plasma transfer vial/tube (MedTox), labelled as serum
  
  
Heparin plasma
  

Dk green heparin (Li or Na), no gel

 

  

Immediately following collection, mix sample by inverting 5 - 10 times to prevent clotting

  
  1. Spin within two (2) hours of sample collection
  2. Transfer plasma to a Serum/plasma transfer vial/tube (MedTox), labelled as Li or Na heparin plasma
  

Refrigerated (preferred)

Ambient: 3 days

Frozen (OK)

  

Gel-barrier tubes are not recommended

Performance

  
MedTox Laboratories (10): R-MX
  
Tu, Th, Sa
  
4 days
  

Liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry (LC/MS-MS)

Clinical and Interpretive info

  

1000 - 2500 ng/mL

  

>10,000 ng/mL

Billing

  
80151

Tracking

  
03/06/2019
  
12/20/2021
  
01/04/2024