Tacrolimus
Collection Requirements
Source: blood
Container: EDTA lavender
Volume: 2 mL in vacutainer
Turn Around Time
1-2 days
Testing performed daily
Must be received in the Toxicology Lab by 11:00 a.m. Monday-Friday
and by 10:00 a.m. weekends/ holidays to be included in the
batch.
Availability
Routine
Lab Processing Instructions
Specimen: whole blood
Refrigerate
Performing Laboratory
Adele Hall
Adele Hall Lab Section
Biochemical Genetics
Instrumentation/Methodology
High Performance Liquid Chromatography/Tandem Mass Spectrometry (LC-MS/MS)
Additional Information
Synonym: FK506
Critical Values
Toxic: >20 ng/mL
Reference Ranges
Therapeutic: 3-15 ng/mL
CPT
80197