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IMPORTANT! Pre-approval needed from state or local health department. Local or State Health Department. Send approval to NPHL@unmc.edu or call (402) 559-9444.

NPHL has moved to an electronic ordering system, NUlirt, and it is now the preferred method to order all tests. Once ordered, print a "batch list" (see NUlirt Guide).

Forms Required - Nulirt batch list or NPHL Test Request Form (completed in entirety) must accompany the specimen to include the following information: symptoms and date of onset, pregnancy status, travel and vaccine history. Testing will not be performed without all required information.

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Test:

Cyanide, Whole Blood (CTCYN)

FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE/CHEMICAL TERRORISM ONLY

CALL 24/7 PAGER (402) 888-5588 PRIOR TO SAMPLE SUBMISSION

Synonym:

Method:

Headspace Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry HSGC-MS

Availability:

Emergency Response Performed Immediately Same Day reporting

Specimen:

Whole Blood

Collection Device:

Lavendar Top EDTA Tube preferred Green Top Heparin Tube may also be used

Volume:

Optimum: 3 mL Minimum: 1 mL if in a vacutainer, 0.3 mL if in a microtainer

Storage/Transport:

Samples should be refrigerated at 2-8 ºC or frozen at -20 ºC within 30 minutes of collection

Unacceptable:

Low volume (<1 mL in a vacutainer or <0.3 mL in a microtainer)
Failure to maintain refrigerated or frozen temperatures
Suspected contamination
Damaged collection tubes
Clotted Samples

Specimen Stability:

4 weeks at 2-8 ºC 6 monts at -20 ºC

Reference Interval:

*Refence Interval:*
0-140 µg/L

Reportable Disease:

Comments:

FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE/CHEMICAL TERRORISM ONLY CALL 24/7 PAGER (402) 888-5588 PRIOR TO SAMPLE SUBMISSION

Revised:

5/16/2023

If you have questions about proper specimen collection, please call NPHL Client Services at (402) 559-2440 or toll free at (866) 290-1406.

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