Pathology

Test & Collection Guide

PLEASE NOTE: Recent changes have been made to this Test

Recent changes for Itraconazole
Date	Field	Changed From	Changed To
14th July 2022	Volume (Adults)	2 mL	5 mL
	Minimum/Paediatric Volume	1 mL
	Preferred Container Type	Lithium heparin no gel	EDTA
	Processing Instructions	Spin, separate and freeze plasma.	Spin and separate plasma.
	External Laboratory	Women's & Children's Hospital (Adelaide)	Alfred Hospital
	External Transport Instructions	Packed by certified personnal - transport frozen. Results : 08-81617000, 08-81616732.
	Frequency	Monthly	Twice weekly
	Notes		Dose information should be provided and length of therapy must be >5 days.

Itraconazole

Ordering information:

Collect samples pre dose.

Do not use tubes with gel separator

Laboratory:

Referred Test

Test Code:

ITRA

Specimen types:

Plasma

Container types:

EDTA

Collection Instructions:

Transport specimen at Room Temperature to lab

Minimum Adult Volume:

5 mL

Notes:

Dose information should be provided and length of therapy must be >5 days.

Frequency:

Twice weekly

Reference Interval:

Itraconazole (trough) - Localised infection >0.5 mg/L

- Systemic infection >1.0 mg/L

OH-Itraconazole has similar activity to itraconazole and levels can be added to give the sum of both levels (in this case therapeutic range recommend >1.0 mg/L

Laboratory Use Only

Storage Instructions:

Spin and separate plasma.

External Laboratory:

Alfred Hospital

External Laboratory details...

Test & Collection Guide

PLEASE NOTE: Recent changes have been made to this Test

Recent changes for Itraconazole

Date

Field

Changed From

Changed To

Volume (Adults)

Minimum/Paediatric Volume

Preferred Container Type

Processing Instructions

External Laboratory

External Transport Instructions

Frequency

Notes