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Phenobarbital

Alias:

Barbita (Phenobarbital),PBR,Solfoton (Phenobarbital),Luminal

Methodology:

Electrochemiluminescence

Performed:

Daily

Analytical Time:

4 hours

Testing Laboratory:

Iowa Methodist Medical Center
Iowa Lutheran Hospital
Pathology Laboratory

Laboratory Section:

Core Laboratory

Phenobarbital

Container/Tube Type:

Green No Gel (Lithium Heparin)
Light Green (Lithium Heparin Plasma Separator Tube)
Red (No Additive)
SST (Serum Separator)

Preferred Collection Container:

Green No Gel (Lithium Heparin)
Light Green (Lithium Heparin Plasma Separator Tube)

Also Acceptable Collection Container:

Plasma from Lavender tubes is acceptable but will not route in the Laboratory Information System (Sunquest).

Transport Information:

1.0 mL blood/0.3 mL serum or plasma

Minimum Sample Volume: Minimum amount of analytical sample (serum, plasma, urine, CSF, etc.) required to perform an assay once. Submitting the minimum volume makes it impossible to repeat the test or perform confirmatory or reflex testing. In some situations, a minimum specimen volume may result in a QNS (Quantity Not Sufficient) result, requiring a second specimen to be collected.

Minimum amount of analytical sample (serum, plasma, urine, CSF, etc.) required to perform an assay once. Submitting the minimum volume makes it impossible to repeat the test or perform confirmatory or reflex testing. In some situations, a minimum specimen volume may result in a QNS (Quantity Not Sufficient) result, requiring a second specimen to be collected.

0.3 mL blood/0.1 mL serum

Remarks:

Trough samples should be collected just before the next dose; peak samples should be collected 12-18 hours after the last dose.

Stability

Refrigerated Stability:

7 days

Frozen Stability:

1 year

Ambient Stability:

7 days

Phenobarbital

Sunquest Order Code:

PHENO

Epic Number: The test code used to identify this assay in Epic

LAB30

CPT Code:

80184

Phenobarbital

Modified:

7/19/2016 9:33:23 AM