Table 3.

Interval between dose and vancomycin serum level collection, time between the collection and the next dose and time of collection for the initial treatment (n = 96) and all collections (n = 217)

	First collection (n = 96)	All the collections (n = 217)
Interval between dose and the next collection (days) – n (%)
Median (IQR)	2.0 (1.3; 3.3)	2.1 (1.4; 3.5)
Time between the collection and the next dose (minutes) – n (%)
Median (IQR)	30 (15; 52.5)	32 (15; 48)
Time of collection – n (%)
Trough (up to 1 h before the next dose)	79 (82.3%)	182 (83.9%)
More than 1 h before the next dose	17 (17.7%)	35 (16.1%)