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Performing Laboratory
St. Clair Hospital Laboratory
Specimen Requirements
Prefer 1 serum gel tube (gold-top SST) drawn 12 to 15 hours after last dose. Non-gel serum (red-top) or plasma gel (mint green PST) tubes also acceptable. Centrifuge blood as soon as possible, or send unspun blood to laboratory within 4 hours of draw.
Day(s) Test Set Up
Monday through Sunday
Reference Values
Therapeutic concentration: 4.0-12.0 ug/mL
Critical value (automatic callback): >15.1 ug/mL