Gentamicin Level

Collect venous blood into a plain serum tube or serum-separator tube approved by the receiving laboratory. Allow complete clot formation, centrifuge, and separate the serum cleanly from cells where required. Transfer the required serum into a labelled, leak-proof aliquot tube, keep it capped, and place it in a sealed biohazard specimen bag with absorbent material. Keep at 2–8°C for short transport unless the laboratory specifies frozen storage. Avoid repeated freeze-thaw cycles and do not submit a leaking or heavily contaminated specimen. For Gentamicin Level, use packaging and preservation compatible with Immunoassay; if the receiving laboratory supplies a dedicated collection kit, bottle or transport medium, that kit takes precedence over general packaging guidance.

7 Days

Mon 3 - Fri 2

For Gentamicin Level, record the exact dose, dose time and specimen collection time. Trough or peak timing can be essential, so follow the clinician's requested schedule and state whether the sample was collected before or after the dose. List interacting medicines and relevant kidney or liver information where requested. Do not alter or omit prescribed doses simply to obtain a laboratory result unless specifically instructed by the treating clinician.