TEST |
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SPECIMEN REQUIREMENT |
VACUTAINER |
BILLING |
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NAPROXENE |
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TEST NO LONGER AVAILABLE |
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NARCOTIC SCREEN (DRUG OF ABUSE) (STREET DRUGS) (URINE TOXICOLOGY) See DRUGS SCREEN |
UDSC |
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NEIRHAUS (KLEIHAUER ACID ELUTION) (KLEIHAUER-BETKE TEST) (KB TEST) See KLEIHAUER STAIN |
RCML |
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NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE (GC, GONOCOCCUS) See GONORRHOEAE CULTURE |
RPHL |
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NEURONTIN See GABAPENTIN |
GAB |
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NEUROMYELITIS OPTIC ANTIBODY (IgG) |
TEST NO LONGER AVAILABLE |
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NEUTROPHIL ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE (LEUKOCYTE ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE) See LAP |
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Refer patient to local hospital |
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NH3 (NH4) See AMMONIA |
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TEST NO LONGER AVAILABLE |
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NICKEL |
NICKEL |
Plasma Centrifuge and separate TAT – 30 days |
ROYAL BLUE with K2EDTA |
$55.00 |
LL |
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NICKEL |
NICKELU |
Urine, 50 mL (random) Submit in a 90 mL orange cap container TAT – 30 days |
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$55.00 |
LL |
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NICKEL | RCML |
24 Hour Urine (Acid Washed Container) *Order Acid Washed Container from Main Lab as required. Submit a 20mL sample in a sterile urine container Record total volume on requisition and on the specimen container Store and ship refrigerated Retain a duplicate 90mL urine sample in the fridge until test is reported TAT – 10 days |
$55.00 | LL | ||
NICOTINE |
NICO |
Urine, 10 mL (random) Submit in an orange or white cap container TAT –15 days |
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$65.00 |
LL |
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NICOTINE (COTININE) |
RCML |
Serum Centrifuge and separate Store and transport refrigerated.
TAT – 1-2 weeks |
PLAIN RED |
$205.00 |
LL |
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NITRAZEPAM See MOGADON |
RCML |
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NITROGEN |
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TEST NO LONGER AVAILABLE |
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NON–SPECIFIC COAGULATION INHIBITORS (LUPUS ANTICOAGULANT) See CIRCULATING ANTICOAGULANT |
LUANT |
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NOREPINEPHRINE See CATECHOLAMINES, FRACTIONATED |
24CAT |
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NORMETANEPHRINE See METANEPHRINES, FRACTIONATED and TOTAL |
24MET |
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NORPACE See DISOPYRAMIDE |
RCML |
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NORPRAMINE See DESIPRAMINE |
DESIP |
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NORTRIPTYLINE See AVENTYL |
NOR |
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NOZINAN See METHOTRIMEPRAMINE |
METHO |
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N-TERMINAL PROBRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE (BNP) (NT-PRO) |
NATR |
Plasma Collect blood in Lavender top tube (EDTA) Mix thoroughly by gentle inversion Centrifuge WITHIN 2-4 hours of collection Transfer an aliquot of plasma to a labelled tube and cap tightly Store and transport frozen TAT – 5 days |
LAVENDER |
$75.00 |
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NUCLEOTIDASE (5’ NUCLEOTIDASE) |
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TEST NO LONGER AVAILABLE |
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