High Performance Liquid Chromatography/ Tandem Mass Spectrometry
Ropivacaine
Varies
***Must submit one specimen per order. Specimens cannot be shared between multiple orders.***
Submit only 1 of the following specimens:
Serum
Draw blood in a plain, red-top tube(s). (Serum gel tube is not acceptable.) Spin down and send 1 mL serum refrigerate in a plastic vial.
Plasma
Draw blood in a lavender-top (EDTA) or pink top tube(s). (Plasma gel tube is not acceptable.) Spin down and send 1 mL plasma refrigerate in plastic vial.
0.4 mL
Thawing: | Warm OK; Cold OK |
Other: | Polymer gel separation tube (SST or PST) |
Specimen Type | Temperature | Time | Special Container |
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Varies | Refrigerated (preferred) | 30 days | |
Frozen | 90 days | ||
Ambient | 30 days |
Reporting limit determined each analysis.
Following epidural administration 10 mg/hr, 20 mg/hr and 30 mg/hr, mean plasma concentration of 0.39, 0.88, 1.19 mcg/mL at 21 hours respectively.
Bolus I.V. administration 84 mg/70 kg and 131 mg/70 kg, peak plasma concentrations of 1.1 and 1.7 mcg/mL at 2 minutes respectively.
Monday through Sunday
This test was developed and its performance characteristics determined by NMS Labs. It has not been cleared or approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
80299
Test Id | Test Order Name | Order LOINC Value |
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FROPI | Ropivacaine | 51203-8 |
Result Id | Test Result Name |
Result LOINC Value
Applies only to results expressed in units of measure originally reported by the performing laboratory. These values do not apply to results that are converted to other units of measure.
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Z2296 | Ropivacaine | 51203-8 |
Z2297 | Reporting Limit | 19147-8 |