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Test Code LAB10357 SERTRALINE SERTRALINE

Department

Send Outs

Reference Lab Test Number

SERT

Collection Requirements

Pre-dose (trough) draw at steady state concentration.

Refer To

Warde Medical Laboratory

Primary Collection Container

Red top

Alternate Collection Container

Plasma: Lavender EDTA

Transport

Refrigerated

Processing

Centrifuge, separate serum from cells within 2 hours of collection and send 1.0 mL serum in a screw capped plastic vial.

Stability

Room temperature: 24 hours

Refrigerated: 14 days

Frozen: 4 months

Minimum Testing Volume

0.5 mL

Reference Range

Therapeutic Range: 30 – 200 ng/mL

Toxic: >300 ng/mL

Methodology

Liquid Chromatography – Tandem Mass Spectrometry

Performed

Wednesday

Reported

4-11 days

CPT Codes

80332 (G0480)

Unacceptable Conditions

Serum separator tube (SST) or PST (Polymer gel separation tube), whole blood, citrated plasma or ACD plasma