Guidelines
Laboratory

Laboratory

Testing

  • Complete blood cell count with automated white blood cell differential
  • Sodium
  • Potassium
  • Chloride
  • Bicarbonate level
  • Urea
  • Creatinine
  • Lactate
  • Blood culture (aerobic and anaerobic) - two sets at two separate puncture sites

Also consider:

  • International normalized ratio (INR)
  • Partial thromboplastin time (PTT), activated
  • C-reactive protein (CRP)

Consider:

  • Alanine aminotransferase (ALT)
  • Aspartate aminotransferase (AST)
  • Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH)
  • Total bilirubin
  • Amylase
  • Lipase

Consider:

  • Urinalysis
  • Urine culture
  • Nasopharyngeal wash
  • Nasopharyngeal FloQSwab using the Copan UTM kit for rapid influenza A/B NAT -Nasopharyngeal FloQSwab for COVID Nat
  • Sputum culture
  • Complete blood cell count with automated white blood cell differential
  • Sodium
  • Potassium
  • Chloride
  • Bicarbonate level
  • Urea
  • Creatinine
  • Lactate

Consider:

  • Vancomycin levels before 3rd regular dose
  • Gentamicin levels before and after 3rd regular dose