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Itraconazole
Test Name Itraconazole
Specimen Type / Requirements Adult Container Type = Red Top (no additive) Minimum Testing Volume = 1mL Serum Tubes must fill to at least ½ or greater of its vacuum capacity
Specimen Handling Collection Instructions: Collect specimen in a Red Top (no additive) just before next scheduled dose. Write your initials, date and time of collection on the collection label or requisition. Laboratory Staff Instructions: Separate, store and ship frozen sample on ice by overnight delivery. Stability: Stable Ambient: 72 hours, Refrigerated: 14 days, Frozen: 30 days. Rejection Criteria: Specimens collected in a gel-separator tube. Not frozen, unlabeled or samples of non sufficient quantity. Transportation: Send samples to core laboratory as soon as possible.
Required Documentation
Turnaround Time (TAT) 6 days	Test Utilization
Reference Value Itraconazole (trough) localized infection: greater than 0.5 mcg/mL Itraconazole (trough) systemic infection: greater than 1.0 mcg/mL The total of Itraconazole and its active metabolite, hydroxyl-itraconazole, is 1-4 mcg/mL
Test Code MISCS	Methodology Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry
Testing Location Referred Out – ON, Canada (ROICL02)	Other Information Last Updated: Feb 06, 2023

Itraconazole

Test Name

Itraconazole

Specimen Type / Requirements

Adult

Container Type = Red Top (no additive)

Minimum Testing Volume = 1mL Serum

Tubes must fill to at least ½ or greater of its vacuum capacity

Specimen Handling

Collection Instructions: Collect specimen in a Red Top (no additive) just before next scheduled dose. Write your initials, date and time of collection on the collection label or requisition.

Laboratory Staff Instructions: Separate, store and ship frozen sample on ice by overnight delivery.

Stability: Stable Ambient: 72 hours, Refrigerated: 14 days, Frozen: 30 days.

Rejection Criteria: Specimens collected in a gel-separator tube. Not frozen, unlabeled or samples of non sufficient quantity.

Transportation: Send samples to core laboratory as soon as possible.

Required Documentation

Turnaround Time (TAT)

6 days

Test Utilization

Reference Value

Itraconazole (trough) localized infection: greater than 0.5 mcg/mL
Itraconazole (trough) systemic infection: greater than 1.0 mcg/mL
The total of Itraconazole and its active metabolite, hydroxyl-itraconazole, is 1-4 mcg/mL

Test Code

MISCS

Methodology

Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry

Testing Location

Referred Out – ON, Canada (ROICL02)

Other Information

Last Updated: Feb 06, 2023