The University of Iowa (UIHC)
Department of Pathology
LABORATORY SERVICES HANDBOOK

Thiocyanate
Order Code: THIOCY
Epic Lab Code: LAB909
Order Form: A-1a Miscellaneous Request or Epic Req 		  Commercial "Mail-out" Laboratory
6240 RCP
356-3527 
Specimen:
 
Plasma or Serum
Collection Medium:
Green top tube (Na Heparin) 


Alternate
Collection Media:


Lavender top tube (EDTA), Pink top tube (EDTA sprayed), Red top tube


Minimum:


Preferred Minimum:  1 mL plasma or serum
Absolute Minimum:  0.3 mL plasma or serum


Analytic Time:


1 week


Reference Range:


Nonsmoker: 1-4 ug/mL
Smoker: 3-12 ug/mL
Toxic: > 50 ug/mL
Values seen with nitroprusside therapy: 6-29 ug/mL


Methodology:


Spectrophotometry


CPT Code:


84430




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Updated: 09/30/2009

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