Specimen Requirements
Title
TOBRAMYCIN
Specimen Requirement
1 SST/2.0 mL serum. After 30 minutes of clotting, promptly centrifuge and refrigerate serum. Please specify peak, trough, or random level on requisition. For peak level, obtain specimen 30 minutes after I.V. dose. For trough level, obtain specimen immediately prior to next dose.
Methodology
Stability
Reference Range
By Report
Turnaround
Clinical Use
Tobramycin is an aminoglycoside antibiotic used to treat infections caused by many different bacteria.
Test Code
TOBPF (PEAK), TOBRF (RANDOM), TOBTF (TROUGH)