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Barbiturates Screen, Serum/Plasma (Referred Out) - Saskatoon

Discipline

Biochemistry

Overview

Description

Ordering recommendation

Specify name of barbiturate, if known.

Specimen Information

Specimen types accepted

Serum/Plasma

Specimen collection container

Preferred collection container: Red (no additive) 6.0mL
Alternative collection container: Lavender (EDTA) 4.0mL
Alternative collection container: Dark Green (Lithium Heparin) 4.0mL

Collection procedure

Aliquot specimen as soon as possible

Required volume

Optimal volume: 4.0 mL collection tube
Minimum volume: 1.0 mL serum or plasma

(Submitting the minimum volume makes it impossible to repeat the test or perform confirmatory/reflex testing.)

Rejection criteria

Specimens received where the proper collection protocols were not followed
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Acceptance and Rejection Criteria

Performance

Days/times performed

Availability	Shipped daily Monday to Sunday Arrange STAT testing with Roy Romanow Provincial Laboratory
Testing site	Referred out by St. Paul’s Hospital Laboratory to Roy Romanow Provincial Laboratory

Maximum laboratory time

Results reporting

3 day turnaround time by testing laboratory
STAT: 2 hour turnaround time by testing laboratory

Last Updated: November 19, 2024