Test Details
Mnemonic
CORTS
Ordering Code
3511840
CPT-4 Code(s)
82530
Specimen Information
Patient Preparation
Do not eat, drink, smoke, take oral medications, or use oral hygiene products for at least 60
minutes prior to collection and 10 minutes before beginning the collection process, rinse the
mouth with water to avoid contamination.
minutes prior to collection and 10 minutes before beginning the collection process, rinse the
mouth with water to avoid contamination.
Collect
Salivette® Cortisol with blue screw cap
Specimen Preparation
Send 0.5 mL saliva collected in Salivette® Cortisol with blue screw cap
Open the package containing the SuperSAL™ Universal Saliva Collection Kit and place contents on a clean and dry surface.
Collection Instructions:
1- Remove the swab from the Salivette®
2- Place the swab in the mouth, e.g. in your cheek, where it should remain for 2 min
without chewing. If an extremely small amount of saliva is produced, leave the swab in
the mouth for longer.
3- Return the swab with the absorbed saliva to the Salivette®.
4- Replace the stopper.
5- Refrigerate the Salivette® immediately.
Open the package containing the SuperSAL™ Universal Saliva Collection Kit and place contents on a clean and dry surface.
Collection Instructions:
1- Remove the swab from the Salivette®
2- Place the swab in the mouth, e.g. in your cheek, where it should remain for 2 min
without chewing. If an extremely small amount of saliva is produced, leave the swab in
the mouth for longer.
3- Return the swab with the absorbed saliva to the Salivette®.
4- Replace the stopper.
5- Refrigerate the Salivette® immediately.
Alternate Specimen
Super SAL™
Super SAL2™
Super SAL2™
Minimum Volume
0.2 mL
Transport Temperature
Refrigerated
Rejection Criteria
Hemolysis, white top Salivette® collection device
Stability
Room temperature: 3 days
Refrigerated: 21 days
Frozen: 6 months
Refrigerated: 21 days
Frozen: 6 months
Methodology
Liquid Chromatography/Tandem Mass Spectrometry (LC/MS-MS)
Reference Range
See report
Performing Laboratory
Quest
New York DOH Approval Status
Yes