The University of Iowa (UIHC)
Department of Pathology
LABORATORY SERVICES HANDBOOK

Tacrolimus
Order Code: TACRO
Epic Lab Code: LAB908
Order Form: A-1a Therapeutic Drug Analysis or Epic Req 		  Chemistry
6240 RCP
356-3527 
Specimen:
 
Whole Blood
Collection Medium:
Lavender top tube (EDTA) 


Alternate
Collection Media:


Call laboratory for additional acceptable specimen collection 
containers.


Minimum:


Preferred minimum:  3 mL whole blood in lavendar top tube (EDTA), mix 
well.
Absolute minimum:  1 mL whole blood


Specimen
Instructions:


Collect before next dose.


Testing Schedule:


Availability: one batch per day. Cutoff time for same day service is 
0900. Results available 1200 daily.


Analytic Time:


24 hours (upon receipt in laboratory)


Reference Range:


Therapeutic range 5.0 - 20.0 ng/ml


Methodology:


Chemiluminescent Microparticle Immunoassay


CPT Code:


80197




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Updated: 10/19/2009

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