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EPIC CODE: LAB39 Vancomycin, Pre-Dose

ADDITIONAL TEST CODE

Sunquest: VANCT

REGIONAL HOSPITAL PERFORMING

UPH Methodist Hospital
UPH Pekin Hospital
UPH Proctor Hospital

PREP PRIOR TO COLLECTION

Draw just prior to dose or up to 60 minutes before next infusion

Collect

Gold, Red, Green top tube. Preferred volume: 6mL Minimum required volume: 0.5mL serum/plasma
Separate serum or plasma from cells ASAP or within 2 hours of collection.

Storage/Transport Temperature

0.5 mL plasma/serum, Refrigerated (2-8oC) Stability:or frozen.

Stability (from collection to initiation)

After separation from cells:

Ambient (room temperature): 4 hours; Refrigerated: 1 day ; Frozen (-20o C) Stability: 1 week

Ambient (room temperature) Stability: Methodist – 4 hours

Pekin & Proctor – 8 hours

Refrigerated (2-8oC) Stability:(2-8°C) Stability: Methodist – 1 day

Pekin & Proctor – 48 hours

Frozen (<-20°C) Stability: 1 week

Remarks

Draw just prior to dose or up to 60 minutes before next infusion. If Gold SST Gel Tube is used for collection, serum must be analyzed within 24 hours or removed from gel tube for storage.

Days Performed

Sunday – Saturday

Methodology

Immunoassay (PETINIA)

Reference Interval

Methodist Pekin Proctor
Therapeutic 10 – 20 ug/mL 10 – 20 ug/mL 5 -10 ug/mL
Critical 30 ug/mL

ug/mL reported as mcg/mL in LIS and EPIC

CPT Codes

80202