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Test Code SAL Salicylate Level

EHR Test Codes

  Test Code Test Name
Atlas SAL Salicylate
Cerner   Salicylate Level

Specimen Requirements

Preparation of Patient: 

None

 

Container Type: 

Green Top 5mL Lithium Heparin Separator Tube

Or

 

Gold Top 6mL SST Gel & Clot Activator Tube

Specimen Type:

Plasma or Serum

 

Specimen Volume: 

2.5 mL Plasma or Serum minimum .5 mL

 

Specimen Handling/Transport:

Separate plasma or serum from cells within 2 hours of collection.

Transport ambient room temperature.

 

Specimen Stability/Storage:

5 days refrigerated 2-8°C

Performing Laboratory

Munson Healthcare Laboratories

Chemistry Department

 

Except Paul Oliver Memorial Hospital, testing sent to Munson Medical Center Laboratories.

Priority, Frequency, & Turnaround

Priority:

STAT, ASAP, Non-Emergent

 

Frequency:

24 hours 7 days a week

 

Turnaround:

0 - 1 days

STAT 45 minute from receipt in lab

Methodology

EMIT® Tox Enzyme Immunoassay 

Reporting

Reference Range:

3 - 29 mg/dL

 

Critical Decision: 

≥ 30 mg/dL

Note:  Critical values are called to the provider and communicated as critical.  Documentation of the call is recorded in the patient record.

Clinical Significance

The salicylates are a group of compounds used as analgesics, antipyretics and anti-inflammatory agents, whose pharmacological activity derives from salicylic acid.

CPT Code(s)

80196