Nicotine & Metabolite, Serum or Plasma, Quantitative NICMET
| Method(s) | Quantitative High Performance Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry |
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| Specimen Required | |
| Collect | One 6 mL plain red or green (sodium heparin) top tube. Also acceptable: Lavender (EDTA) or pink (K2EDTA) top tube. |
| Transport | 4 mL serum or plasma refrigerated (Min: 1 mL). |
| Remarks | Remove serum/plasma from cells ASAP or within 2 hours of collection. |
| Stability | After separation from cells: Ambient: 1 week; Refrigerated: 2 weeks; Frozen: 3 years. |
| Unacceptable Conditions | Samples exposed to repeated freeze/thaw cycles. Plasma/whole blood from light blue (sodium citrate) top tube or SST. Hemolyzed specimens. |
| Schedule | Daily |
| Billing Code | 5011538 |
| CPTCode | 80323 |
| Preferred Specimen Collection Device(s) | |
| Reference Interval | |
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Interpretive Data: Positive cutoff: 5 ng/mL |
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