Specimen Collection Manual and Test Catalog

2 mL aliquot serum or plasma; minimum 0.2 mL.

The date and time of the last drug dose should be written on request at the time of order. Typically peak level specimens are collected shortly after the dose is given and trough level specimens are collected shortly before the dose is given. Refer to your prescribing pharmacy for specific information on how drug doses are to be administered along with timing of specimen collection.

Allow serum to clot. Centrifuge to separate serum or plasma within 2 hours of collection.

Refrigerated (preferred) or frozen.

Room temperature: 48 hours. Refrigerated: 14 days. Frozen: 1 year.

Stability limits exceeded.

Reference Interval: 10-40 ug/mL.

Random vancomycin, vancomycin last dose time, vancomycin last dose date.

RVANCO

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.