Test Code DIGN Digoxin

Important Note

**Please see patient therapeutic range information below:

Heart Failure Therapeutic Range 0.5-2.0 ng/mL (optimal range 0.5 to 0.9 ng/mL)

**Please see critical value repoting information below:

>2.0 ng/mL

Infectious

MEDITECH MNEMONIC:

DIGN

Preferred Specimen:

1mL Lithium Heparin plasma

Acceptable Specimen:

1mL serum from a gel or non-gel tube

Minimum Volume:

0.5mL plasma or serum (volume does not include repeat or reflexed testing)

Transport Container:

Transport Tube

Preferred Transport Temperature:

Refrigerated

Specimen Stability (after centrifugation):

Ambient: <8 hours

Refrigerated: <7 days

Frozen: <6 months

Setup Schedule:

SUN-SAT

Willis Knighton Medical Center

2600 Greenwood Road

Shreveport, LA 71103