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General
Sample Requirements:
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Each blood tube or individual container must be labeled with:
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- Patient's legal full name
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- At least one of the following identifiers:
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Medical Record Number
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Date of Birth
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Social Security Number
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HIC Number
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Reference ID Number
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- Draw Date / Time
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- Phlebotomist signature
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- Vials containing lymph nodes, spleen, or other tissue must also be
individually labeled.
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All
samples must be maintained at room temperature. Do not
refrigerate. All samples must be delivered to the lab as soon as
possible. Cell surface markers on day of collection.
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***SPECIMEN
REQUIREMENTS:
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Yellow Top
(ACD-A) Tubes (10 ml):
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- Avoid hemolysis.
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- Keep at room temperature - Do not refrigerate.
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- Mix gently but thoroughly.
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- Tubes may be obtained from ITL. Call lab to request.
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- Bone Marrow specimens must be mixed well after aspiration.
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- Samples for Immunophenotyping by Flow Cytometry must be received in lab
on the day of collection.
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GREEN TOPS
(Heparin):
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- Samples for Cell Surface Makers must be received in lab on the day of
collection.
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BONE
MARROW SPECIMENS:
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- Mix well after aspiration.
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BIOPSIES/TISSUES
(Lymph Nodes, Spleen):
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- Preserve in RPMI medium with HEPES buffer.
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- maintain at room temperature
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