Vancomycin Assays

Vancomycin assays are available during the working day Mon-Fri 9-00am-5-00pm for results to be available on the same day.

Vancomycin assays are also available on Saturday, Sunday and Bank Holiday mornings only between 9-00 and 10-30am for results to be available the same day (only urgent specimens are processed on Sundays/Bank Hoildays).

• Practicalities of taking a sample for an antibiotic assay
• Completing the assay request card.
• Target range and results interpretation.
• Renal impairment.

Page last edited: 28/09/2006

Caution; the antibiotic doses recommended on this website are intended for adult patients with normal renal and liver function unless otherwise stated. Dosing advice for patients with renal impairment is available here.

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