Nicotine and Expanded Metabolites, LC/MS/MS QNICMS
| Method(s) | Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry | ||||||||||||
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| Components | Nicotine, Cotinine, 3-OH-Cotinine | ||||||||||||
| Specimen Required | |||||||||||||
| Collect | One 6 mL plain red (no gel) top tube. Also acceptable: Plasma or whole blood collected in royal blue (EDTA) or lavender (EDTA) top tube. |
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| Transport | 1 mL serum refrigerated (Min: 0.5 mL). * Collection Instructions * Spin and transfer into a transport tube. |
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| Stability | Ambient: 72 hours Refrigerated: 21 days Frozen: 30 days |
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| Schedule | Mon, Wed, Fri | ||||||||||||
| CPTCode | 80323 (HCPCS: G0480) | ||||||||||||
| Notes | Performing Laboratory-Quest Diagnostics-Chantilly VA | ||||||||||||
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