Vancomycin, Trough

Test Code

8579

CPT Codes
80202

Preferred Specimen

1 mL serum collected in a red-top tube (no gel)

Patient Preparation
Collect as a trough just prior to next dose.

Minimum Volume

0.2 mL

Other Acceptable Specimens

Plasma collected in an: EDTA (lavender-top) tube, or sodium heparin (green-top) tube, or lithium heparin (green-top) tube, or fluoride/potassium oxalate (gray-top) tube

Transport Temperature

Room temperature

Specimen Stability

Room temperature: 72 hours
Refrigerated: 7 days
Frozen: Unacceptable

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

Serum separator tube (SST)

Methodology
Immunoassay (IA)

Setup Schedule

Set up: Mon-Sat; Report available: 1-2 days

Reference Range

10.0-20.0 mg/L

Clinical Significance

Vancomycin is an antibiotic used in the treatment of 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
Quest Diagnostics Nichols Institute
14225 Newbrook Drive
Chantilly, VA 20153

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