Cocaine Confirmation

Label Mnemonic:	COCAC
Epic code:	LAB379
Downtime form:	Doctor/Provider Orders - Pathology Core and Specialty Care Nursery

Commercial Mailout Laboratory
6240-8 RCP
356-8593

Specimen(s):

Random Urine

Collection Medium:

Yellow top round bottom tube (no additive)

Minimum:

Preferred Minimum: 3.5 mL random urine with no additives or preservatives

Absolute Minimum: 1.5 mL random urine with no additives or preservatives

Rejection Criteria:

Specimens exposed to repeated freeze/thaw cycles. Test cannot be added to a urine sample previously utilized for urinalysis testing (LAB1160, LAB1164, LAB8379).

Turn Around Time:

1-6 days upon receipt at reference laboratory

Reference Range:

Benzoylecgonine - 50 ng/mL

Interpretive Data:

Drugs covered: benzoylecgonine

Positive cutoff: 50 ng/mL
The concentration value must be greater than or equal to the cutoff to 
be reported as positive.

For medical purposes only; not valid for forensic use.

Comments:

Requires presumptively positive result on Drugs of Abuse Screen, Urine (see below).

Methodology:

Quantitative Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry/Quantitative Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry

CPT Code:

80353