IMPORTANT: Request slips for infliximab levels MUST indicate whether the patient is taking INFLECTRA or REMICADE. Failure to do so may delay testing. Please use the Austin Pathology Request form (download here).
For patients on Remicade (or if NSW has been specifically requested for an Inflectra patient), an additional Liverpool NSW Health Pathology request form is no longer required, as long as the Austin Pathology request contains "infliximab therapeutic drug monitoring". Antibodies to infliximab will be automatically performed if the infliximab level is low in samples sent to NSW.
For patients on Inflectra, testing is performed at Austin Heidelberg (unless testing in NSW has been specifically requested) and antibodies to infliximab will not be automatically performed. Please contact the Chemical Pathologist (03) 9496 5140 for antibody testing approval.
