MAPROTILINE, SERUM/PLASMA
Test Documentation
Specimen Required
Alternate Specimen
Rejection Criteria
Methodology
Stability
Reference Range
Performed
Warde
| Draw blood in a plain red-top tube. Centrifuge, separate serum from cells, and send 3.0 mL serum (1.2 mL minimum) refrigerated in a screw-capped plastic vial. |
Alternate Specimen
| Plasma: Lavender EDTA |
Rejection Criteria
| SST, PST |
Methodology
| Gas Chromatography (GC) |
Stability
| Room temperature: 14 days; Refrigerated: 25 days; Frozen: 12 months |
Reference Range
| By report |
Performed
| Monday-Friday |
| 5-7 days | |||||
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