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Test Code SOFT: AMIKR Amikacin, Random

Additional Codes

Ordering Mnemonic
EPIC NAME: AMIKACIN LEVEL, RANDOM
EPIC CODE: LAB145

 

Performing Laboratory

Saint Francis Medical Center-Drug Monitoring

Specimen Requirements

Specimen Type: Plasma ,Serum 

Container/Tube: Gold top, serum gel

                                Red top

                                Mint green-top (lithium heparin gel) tube

Specimen Volume: 1 mL

Collection Instructions: 

1. Serum gel tubes should be centrifuged within 2 hrs of collection.

2. Red-top tubes should be centrifuded and aliquoted within 2 hrs of collection.

Additional Information: Serum for a peak level should be drawn 30 to 60 minutes after last dose (order PAMIL/Amikacin, Peak, Serum). Serum for a trough leve should be drawn immediately before next scheduled dose (order TAMIK/Amikacin, Trough,Serum).

 

Specimen Transport Temperature

Refrigerated 14 days     Special container 2days

Ambient 72 hrs    Special Container 8 hrs

Day(s) Test Set Up

Monday through Sunday

Test Classification and CPT Coding

80150

Methodology

Kinetic Interaction of Microparticles in Solution (KIMS)