Test Details
Mnemonic
BASPQ
Ordering Code
3600586
CPT-4 Code(s)
80345 (G0480)
Specimen Information
Collect
Gray (sodium fluoride/potassium oxalate)
Specimen Preparation
Centrifuge, separate serum or plasma from cells within 2 hours of collection. Send 3.5 mL serum or plasma in a screw capped plastic vial.
Alternate Specimen
Red top, green (sodium heparin), lavender (EDTA), or pink (K2EDTA)
Minimum Volume
1.5 mL
Transport Temperature
Room temperature
Rejection Criteria
Separator tubes, light blue sodium citrate, specimens exposed to repeated freeze/thaw cycles.
Hemolyzed specimens.
Hemolyzed specimens.
Stability
Room temperature: 7 days
Refrigerated: 14 days
Frozen: 3 years
Refrigerated: 14 days
Frozen: 3 years
Methodology
Quantitative Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry/Quantitative Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry
Reference Range
Butalbital 50 ng/mL
Pentobarbital 50 ng/mL
Phenobarbital 50 ng/mL
Pentobarbital 50 ng/mL
Phenobarbital 50 ng/mL
Performing Laboratory
ARUP Reference Laboratory
New York DOH Approval Status
Yes