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Test Code LIDO Lidocaine

Performing Laboratory

Memorial Hospital Laboratory- Automated Procedures  304-388-5953       

Specimen Requirements

Preferred: Plasma-Dark Green Lithium Heparin or Serum- red top

Acceptable: Plasma-Mint Green

Allow red top to completely clot      

Spin and physically separate plasma/serum from contact with cells as soon as possible

4 mL of plasma/serum (minimum 2 mL)

Specimen Rejection

  • Improperly labeled, collected, stored, and transported
  • Quantity not sufficient

Storage and Stability

Refrigerated and store at 2-8oC

Reference Values

Reference Range: 1.5-5.0 mcg/mL

Critical Value: ≥5.0 mcg/mL

Methodology

Homogenous enzymatic assay

Days Test Set Up and Turnaround

Monday through Sunday, Continuously 

AM Collection Expected by 9AM same day
Routine Expected within 24 hrs
Stat Expected within 1 hr
Timed Expected results are test dependant

CPT Coding

80176