Centralized Core Laboratory - :
Chemistry
Tube Type:
Red top (no anticoagulant) tube
Storage:
Shipping- Send Refrigerated; Storage-Room Temp: 1 day; Refrigerated:7 days; Frozen: 6 months if specimen is not exposed to light
Availability:
24 hours/day, 7 days/week
Methodology:
Roche-Colorimetric
Special Instructions:
Collect samples for lithium determination at least 12 hours after the last dose. Separate from cells if analysis is not performed within 4 hours.
Additional Info:
Reference Range:
Therapeutic range: 0.5-1.2 mEq/L.
Toxic: > 2.0 mEq/L.
Critical Limit: >1.5 mEq/L.
Tube Type:
Red top (no anticoagulant) tube
Storage:
Shipping- Send Refrigerated; Storage-Room Temp: 1 day; Refrigerated:7 days; Frozen: 6 months if specimen is not exposed to light
Availability:
24 hours/day, 7 days/week
Methodology:
Roche-Colorimetric
Special Instructions:
Collect samples for lithium determination at least 12 hours after the last dose. Separate from cells if analysis is not performed within 4 hours.
Additional Info:
Reference Range:
Therapeutic range: 0.5-1.2 mEq/L.
Toxic: > 2.0 mEq/L.
Critical Limit: >1.5 mEq/L.