ACETAMINOPHEN
Specimen Required
Alternate Specimen
Rejection Criteria
Methodology
Stability
Reference Range
Performed
| Draw blood in a plain red-top tube. Spin, separate and send 1.0 mL serum refrigerated in a screw-capped plastic vial. |
Alternate Specimen
| Plasma: Heparin, EDTA, Fluoride |
Rejection Criteria
| Serum separator tubes |
Methodology
| High Performance Liquid Chromatography |
Stability
| Room Temperature: 48 hours; Refrigerated: 2 weeks; Frozen: Unacceptable |
Reference Range
| Therapeutic value: 5–25 µg/mL | |||
| Toxic concentration: | >200 µg/mL (4 hours after ingestion) | ||
| >50 µg/mL (12 hours after ingestion) | |||
Performed
| Sunday-Saturday |
| 1 day | |||||
| ACET 17-50020 | |||||
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