Specimen:

Serum

Collection Medium:

Alternate
Collection Media:

Lavender top tube (EDTA), Pink top tube (EDTA sprayed), Green top tube 
(Na Heparin)

Minimum:

Preferred Minimum:  4.0 mL serum of EDTA plasma
Adult/Peds Absolute Minimum:  2.0 mL serum or EDTA plasma

Rejection Criteria:

Specimens exposed to repeated freeze/thaw cycles. Serum separator tubes 
and plasma or whole blood from lt. blue tubes (sodium citrate).

Analytic Time:

5 working days

Reference Range:

By report

Interpretive Data:

For medical purposes only; not valid for forensic use.
Drugs Covered: phencyclidine (PCP).
Positive Cutoff:  10 ng/mL.

The concentration value must be greater than or equal to the cutoff to
be reported as postive.

Methodology:

Gas chromatography-Mass Spectrometry

CPT Code:

83992