AMIKACIN PEAK LEVEL, RANDOM LEVEL and TROUGH LEVEL

Y

Other antibiotics can bind aminoglycosides, causing
falsely lowered concentrations.

Serum, Plasma

SST

7 days.   Analytic turn-around time: Results available
by 5 p.m.

Centrifuge, separate, freeze if lab will not analyze
within two hours.  Freeze all nursery specimens.
 Write collection date and time on tube.