Flucytosine, serum/plasma

Alphabetical Test listing

Flucytosine, serum/plasma-994

  
Flucytosine, serum/plasma
  
994
  
LAB994
  
MSO
  
5-FC
5-Fluorocytosine
Ancobon
  

Therapeutic drug monitoring

  
Serum
  
  
1.0 mL
  
0.25 mL
  
  1. Allow sample to clot
  2. Spin
  3. Transfer serum to a Transfer vial/tube with cap - 12mL (LabCorp), labelled as serum, within two (2) hours of sample collection
  
EDTA plasma
  
  

Immediatley following collection, mix sample thoroughly by gently inverting 8 - 10, times to prevent clotting

  
  1. Spin
  2. Transfer plasma to a Transfer vial/tube with cap - 12mL (LabCorp), labelled as EDTA plasma, within two (2) hours of sample collection
  

Refrigerated (preferred) - 30 days

Ambient - 30 days

Frozen - 30 days

  
  • Gel-barrier tube
  
National Medical Services (2085SP) via LabCorp (804705): R-NX
  
Su
  
4 - 10 days
  

High Performance Liquid Chromatography/Tandem Mass Spectrometry (LC-MS/MS)

  

Target therapeutic range: 25 to 100 µg/mL

  
80375
  
Result 3639-2
  
05/29/2019
  
03/25/2020
  
08/18/2022