Inpatient and Outpatient Orderable

Random Urine, Emetine (IPECAC)

Synonyms

  • LAB14336
  • RANDOM URINE, EMETINE (IPECAC)

Cerner Name

Emetine (IPECAC) Urine

Clinical Info

Detect use of ipecac, an emetic

Specimen Sources

Urine, Clean Catch

Specimen Types

Urine

Container

Urine-Yellow Top

Collection Instructions

Container.Tube: Yellow Urine Collection tube- no preservative
Specimen:  10 mL from a random urine collection (1mL min). No preservative. 

Specimen Volume

10 mL urine (1 mL min)

Transport Instructions

Refrigerated

Specimen Stability

3 Days Room Temperature
7 days Refrigerated

Methodology

Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry (LC-MS/MS)

Days Performed

TAT: 6-7  Days

Performing Laboratory

LabCorp 

CPT

80299

PDM

5908340

Only Orderable at Locations:

Orderable Everywhere

Results

Component Name Base Name Common Name External Name
EMETINE (IPECAC) EMETUR EMETINE (IPECAC) Emetine (Ipecac)

Result Interpretation

Negative

Forms

LAB14336 build edit