Haloperidol (Haldol)
Order Code: HALO
Epic Lab Code: LAB3264
Order Form: A-1a Miscellaneous Request or Epic Req
Commercial Mail-out Laboratory
6240 RCP
356-3527
Specimen:
Serum
Collection Medium:
Red top tube
Minimum:
Preferred Minimum: 2 mL serum
Absolute Minimum: 1 mL serum
Rejection Criteria:
Citrated plasma. Tubes that contain liquid anticoagulant.
Delivery Instructions:
Submit specimen to laboratory as soon as possible after collection.
Analytic Time:
1-4 days upon receipt at reference laboratory.
Reference Range:
Therapeutic Range 2.0 - 15.0 ng/mL No range for children is available.
Test Limitations:
The therapeutic range relates to the management of psychoses; lower concentrations may be therapeutic for Tourette's and mania. The toxic range is not well established. Some patients experience toxicity within the therapeutic range.
Methodology:
Quantitative Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry
CPT Code:
80173