Test Guide | Te Whatu Ora

Test Name

Vancomycin

External Price (excl. GST)

21

Adult Specimen

Heparin (light green), SST (gold), "T-" labs SST (gold). Plain (red) for samples referred from Rural Hospitals

Specimen Collection and Transport Protocols

The trough level is the critical one. Most problems are due to under dosing. The recommended sample is one collected within 1 hour before the next scheduled dose (or at steady state, if a continuous infusion is used). In situations where Vd or clearance are very uncertain, an AUC may be estimated from peak and trough levels. Samples are registered as either Pre dose (trough) or Post dose (random). It is the responsibility of the clinician to determine when the sample was collected relative to the dosing.

Paediatric Specimen

0.4 mL Heparin (light green) or Plain(red).

Department

Biochemistry

Test Availability

Mon - Sun, 24hrs

Laboratory Turnaround Time

3 hrs

Method

Cobas Pro Online

Unit of measurement

ug/mL

Reference interval

Uncertainty of measurement

15%

Minimum Volume

0.2 mL plasma or serum.

Registration Code

VPRE, VRAND

HL7 mapping code

$VPRE, $VRAND