Specimen Requirements
Title
Fentanyl and Metabolite Serum
Specimen Requirement
Collect a red top or lavender EDTA, promptly centrifuge and transfer 2.0 mL serum or plasma to a plastic screw top tube, indicate serum/red top or plasma/lav top on tube and send.
Methodology
High Performance Liquid Chromatography/Tandem Mass Spectrometry
Stability
Room temp: 14 days, Refrigerated: 30 days, Frozen: 10 months
Reference Range
By Report*
Turnaround
5-7 days
Clinical Use
Test includes: Fentanyl and Norfentanyl
To confirm or identify suspected drug toxicity in chronic use, therapeutic misadventure, or accidental or intentional acute overdose; to aid in the identification of an unknown drug ingested in unknown quantities, drug identification and/or quantitation may be performed as an adjunct for patient management; to monitor selected patient groups at greater risk for analgesic drug toxicity or drug-to-drug interaction; to confirm complete drug absorption and adequate drug elimination as an adjunct to overdose management.
Test Code
FENTM