Cyanide

Specimen:

Test Code

YCYAN

Specimen Name

Cyanide

Collect

1-Gray (Na Fluoride/K Oxalate)

Submit

2 mL (Min. 0.5 mL) Plasma Frozen

Special Handling

Collect 2 mL whole blood in potassium oxalate/sodium fluoride Gray top tube, send frozen.

Rejection Criteria

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Stability

Ambient Unacceptable; Refrigerated 7 days; Frozen 90 days

Methodology

High Performance Liquid Chromatography/Tandem Mass Spectrometry (LC/MS/MS)

Performed

Sunday - Saturday

Reported

13-15 days

CPT Codes

  • 82600

Components

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Additional Information

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