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Mayo Clinic Laboratories

Epic Code LAB3636 Vancomycin Peak Blood Level

Test Name Alias

Vancomycin Peak Blood Level | 7117

Interface Order Alias

55073

Ordering Instructions

Inpatients: Please contact your local inpatient pharmacy for information regarding appropriate timing for blood drug level orders, if needed.

Specimen Type

Blood

Collection Instructions

Container(s):

Corewell Health Grand Rapids and West Michigan: 6.0 mL Red Top (no additive)

Corewell Health St. Joseph, Niles, Watervliet: Serum preferred from Red Top or Gold Top (SST). PST is also acceptable.

 

Preferred Volume to Collect: 6.0 mL (full tube)

Minimum Volume to Collect: 1.0 mL

Neonate Volume to Collect: 0.5 mL

Capillary collect ok? Yes

Microtainer acceptable: Yes

 

Collection Instructions:

  • Indicate date and time of last dose.
  • Specimen should be processed within 2 hours – See Processing Instructions.

 

Processing Instructions (Laboratory, Outpatient or Off-site collection)

  • Processed Specimen: Serum
  • Centrifuge/Spin: Yes
  • Aliquot: Yes
  • Processing Instructions:
    • Red-top tubes should be centrifuged and aliquoted within 2 hours of collection.
  • Transport Temperature: Refrigerate

Specimen Stability

Ambient: 8 hours

Refrigerate: 24 hours (48 hours if aliquoted serum)

Frozen: aliquot serum for longer storage

Laboratory Retention: 72 hours

Test Frequency

Available 24 hours, usual TAT 1 day.

Reference Range

 

  CHW CHS
Trough 10.0 - 20.0 ug/mL 5.0 - 20.0 ug/mL
Random 8.0 - 50.0 ug/ml 20.0 - 40.0 ug/ml
Peak 25.0 - 50.0 ug/mL 20.0 - 40.0 ug/ml

 

Performing Department

Chemistry

Performing Department Laboratory Location

CHW

Corewell Health Reference Laboratory, Grand Rapids, MI
Corewell Health Big Rapids Laboratory, Big Rapids, MI
Corewell Health Blodgett Laboratory, Grand Rapids, MI
Corewell Health Gerber Laboratory, Fremont, MI

Corewell Health Greenville Laboratory, Greenville, MI
Corewell Health Ludington Laboratory, Ludington, MI
Corewell Health Pennock Laboratory, Hastings, MI
Corewell Health Reed City Laboratory, Reed City, MI
Corewell Health Zeeland Laboratory, Zeeland, MI

 

CHS
Corewell Health Lakeland St. Joseph Laboratory, St. Joseph, MI
Corewell Health Lakeland Niles Laboratory, Niles, MI
Corewell Health Lakeland Watervliet Laboratory, Watervliet, MI

Methodology

Kinetic interaction of microparticles in a solution (KIMS)

CPT

80202

CDM Code

3018020201

Epic Test ID

1230101269

LOINC

Vancomycin Lvl: 20578-1

Reviewed Date

3/7/2024

Updated Date

6/1/2025 CHS info added