Alert

Published on December 16, 2019

Tobramycin, Random

Tube Type = Dark Blue Top or Red Bullet

Tube Type

Test ID LAB37
EPIC Order
 TOBRAMYCIN LEVEL, RANDOM
CPT Code(s) 80200
Group/Individual Test Individual
Laboratory Core Laboratory
Tube Station Routine: 30; STAT: 888
Specimen Routine: 2 mL blood/royal blue top tube or plain red top (no gel); see Comments for additional information
micro: 500 µL blood/red top (no gel) bullet; see Comments for additional information
Availability Routine: 24 hrs/day
Stability Unspun: 2 hours room temperature
  Spun/separated: 

Refrigerated: 2 days

Frozen: 30 days
Turnaround Time Routine: 2 hours; STAT: 1 hour
Reference Range Therapeutic: Undefined
Comments
  • Collect sample before administering B-lactam antibiotics, otherwise levels may be lower than expected.
  • Red Top Tubes must NOT contain Serum Separator Gel

Reviewed by J. Carr on December 13, 2023

UNC Hospitals
McLendon Clinical Laboratories
101 Manning Drive
Chapel Hill, NC 27514