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Test Name:
Phencyclidine, by GC/MS, Serum or Plasma

• SBMF No:
  44965
• Performance Lab Name:
  ARUP Laboratories
• Test Mnemonic:
  PCP SP
• ABN:
  Not required
• CPT Code:
  83992
• Ref Lab Test No:
  0091571
• Also Known As:
  Angel Dust
  PCP
  Phenylcyclohexylpeperidine
• Spec Type:
  Plasma
• Spec Container:
  Gray top (fluoride/oxalate), green top (sodium heparin), or lavender top (EDTA) tube
• Alt Spec Type:
  Serum
• Alt Spec Container:
  Red top (serum) tube
• Pref Vol:
  4.0 mL
• Min Vol:
  2.0 mL
• Fasting:
  No
• Spec Collect:
  Do not use gel-barrier tubes for specimen collection
  Routine venipuncture
• Spec Process:
  Serum sample tubes, clot 30 minutes
  Promptly centrifuge 15 minutes
  Immediately transfer serum or plasma to separate plastic tube
• Spec Store Transport:
  Refrigerated
• Spec Stability:
  After separation from cells:
  1 week room temperature (20-30°C)
  2 weeks refrigerated (2-8°C)
  3 years frozen (-20°C) – Do not use frost-free units that undergo repeated freeze/thaw cycles
• Spec Reject:
  Sample exposed to repeated freeze/thaw cycles
  Sample collected in gel-barrier tube
  Sample collected in light blue top (sodium citrate) tube
• Spec Remarks:
  Remove serum/plasma from cells ASAP
• Methodology:
  Quantitative Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC/MS)
• Reference Range:
  By report

  Interpretive Data:
  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 positive. Interpretive questions should be directed to the laboratory.

  For medical purposes only; not valid for forensic use.

• Day Run:
  Mon
• Time Reported:
  2-8 days
• Test Type:
  TOX-TDM