Test Code VALP Valproic Acid, Total, Plasma or Serum

Performing Laboratory

Lima Memorial Health System Laboratory

Preferred:

Container/Tube: Green cap-yellow ring Top (Lithium Heparin Gel) tube
Minimum Volume: 1.0 mL
Collection Instructions: Centrifuge within 2 hours.

Also Acceptable:
Container/Tube: Plain, Red Top or Serum gel (SST-Gel) tube

Therapeutic concentration: 50.0-100.0 µg/mL
Alarm value (automatic call-back): >199.9 µg/mL

Ambient: 8 hours
Refrigerate: 48 hours
Frozen: aliquot for longer storage

Monday through Sunday

Homogeneous Enzyme Immunoassay

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