Table 3 Turnaround and reporting times for critical values of drug concentrations.

From: Identification and characterization of critical values in therapeutic drug monitoring: a retrospective analysis

Critical value items

Turnaround (min), median (range)

Reporting (min), median (range)

Vancomycin (trough)

251 (179–302.3)

108.0 (78–137)

Digoxin

195 (108–299)

114 (99–142)

Tacrolimus (trough)

186 (100–292)

170 (127–223)

Others

168 (120–304)

140 (90–250)

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