Vancomycin, Peak

Test Code

VANCOMYCIN(PEAK)

Alias/See Also

Chemistry

Preferred Specimen

Plain Red Top Tube

Minimum Volume

2 mL

Instructions

POST (PEAK) LEVELS should be obtained 1 hour after completion of a 1 hour intravenous infusion.

Transport Temperature

Refrigerate

Specimen Stability

Room temperature: 3 days. Separate if not tested within this time.
Refrigerated (2-8°C): 8 days
Frozen (-20°C or colder): 3 months

Reject Criteria (Eg, hemolysis? Lipemia? Thaw/Other?)

Collected in gel tube

Methodology
Chemiluminescent microparticle immunoassay

Setup Schedule

Daily

Report Available

TAT 1 - 3 days

Reference Range

20-40 ug/ml

Clinical Significance

Vancomycin is an antibiotic used in the treatment of serious bacterial infections, especially methicillin-resistant staphylococci. Vancomycin is also used in treatment for penicillin-allergic patients who cannot receive or have failed to respond to other drugs, including the penicillins and/or cephalosporins and for other infections caused by vancomycin-susceptible organisms.

Performing Laboratory
Test performed at West Roxbury, Brockton and Bedford Chemistry Labs
Contact: Jonathan Dryjowicz-Burek 857-203-5973
Alternate contact Diane Robert Brockton 774-826-2294
Alternate contact Bhumikaben Patel Bedford 781-687-2976

Last Updated: August 6, 2021

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