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HelpTest Code LAB4221 VANCOMYCIN, PEAK
Specimen Type
Preferred Sample: Lithium Heparin Plasma (Mint Green Top, Dark Green Top)
Alternative Sample: Serum (SST, Gold, Corvac, Tiger, Red Top Tube)
* See Test Limitations on this page for information about tubes containing gel.
Collection Instructions
Draw peak 1 hour after IV infusion is completed.
Specimen Volume
1 mL
Minimum Volume
0.5 mL
Turnaround Time
STAT: 1 hour
Routine: 4 hours
Test Schedule
Daily
Sample Stability
Refrigerated: 7 days
Frozen: 14 days
Method
Colorimetric
Reference Ranges
Vancomycin, ug/mL
Peak 20.0 - 40.0
Toxic: Greater Than 50.0
Reporting Limit
1.4 - 400.0 ug/mL
Test Components
Vancomycin, Peak, ug/mL
CPT Codes
80202
Limitations
Studies have shown that therapeutic drug levels may be altered in serum/plasma that remains in contact with separator gel. Therapeutic drug levels collected in an SST or PST should be run within 24 hours of collection.