Specimen Requirements
Title
Ibuprofen (Motrin)
Specimen Requirement
Draw blood (between 60-90 minutes post-dose) in a plain red-top tube. Centrifuge and separate serum from cells within 2 hours of collection. Send 1.0 mL serum (0.3 mL minimum) refrigerated in a screw-capped plastic vial.
Alternate Specimen
| Plasma: Lavender EDTA |
Rejection Criteria
| Whole blood, gel separator tubes, sodium citrate plasma, yellow ACD plasma |
Methodology
Quantitative High Performance Liquid Chromatography/Tandem Mass Spectrometry
Stability
Room temperature: 15 days; Refrigerated: 15 days; Frozen: 15 days
Reference Range
By Report*
Turnaround
5-7 days
Clinical Use
Test Code
IBUP