Note: N-acetyl-p-benzoquinone imine (NAPQI) (metabolite of acetaminophen) will generate erroneously low results in samples for patients that have taken toxic doses of acetaminophen.

1.0 ml Serum 2-8 ?C

2.0 ml Serum 2-8 ?C

Specify the site collected and include type of specimen (brushing, lavage, etc) and any pertinent clinical data (ie, patient's name, age, past diagnoses, past carcinomas) on the cytology requistion. Urine Cytology with Reflex to FISH requires a minimum 100 mL of urine in a sterile container.

Sure path or Thin Prep

2.0 ml Serum 2-8 ?C

Collect just prior to next dose Avoid collection on Heparin tubes, It contains lithium heparin Salts

1.0 ml Serum 2-8 ?C

Patient should fast for 12 hours prior to collection, unless instructed differently by physician. Allow specimen to completely clot (this can take up to 60 minutes). Centrifuge for 15 minutes. If the specimen is collected in a Li-Hep tube, centrifuge for 15 minutes. The serum should be physically separated from contact with cells within two hours from the time of collection.

1.0 ml Serum 2-8 ?C

Platelet-poor plasma: Centrifuge light blue-top tube for 15 minutes at approximately 1500 g within 60 minutes of collection. Using a plastic pipette, remove plasma, taking care to avoid the WBC/platelet buffy layer and place into a plastic vial. Centrifuge a second time and transfer platelet-poor plasma into a new plastic vial. Plasma must be free of platelets (<10,000/mcL). Freeze immediately and ship on dry ice.

2.0 ml Frozen Citrated plasma ,1: 9

1.0 ml Serum 2-8 ?C

2.0 ml Serum 2-8 ?C

Fine Needle Aspiration Sample

10 ml urine 2-8 c

1.0 ml Serum 2-8 ?C

ease freeze samples if stored for more than 24 h and dispatch deep-frozen (stable at room temperature for 24 h). This test is currently a health service that public health patients have to pay for by themselves (known as IGeL in Germany). Patients receiving high doses of Biotin (> 5 mg/day) should be sampled at least 8 hours after the last aplication, as high levels of the Biotin may interfere with the insulin-and c-peptide-test systems.

1g. faeces 2-8 ?C

Patient Preparation Fasting specimen is recommended but not required Collection Instructions Collect blood by venipuncture into plain tubes (without anticoagulant). Separate the serum from the cells.

1.0 ml Serum 2-8 ?C

1.0 ml Serum 2-8 ?C

Collection Instructions Please submit a 10 mL aliquot of a 24-hour collection. Collect urine with 25 mL of 6N HCL to maintain a pH below 3. Do not include first morning specimen; collect all subsequent voidings. The last sample collected should be the first morning specimen voided the following morning at the same time as the previous morning's first voiding. Record 24-hour urine volume on test requisition and urine vial.

10.0 ml 24hrs urine Collection 2-8 ?C with 25 ml 6N HCL to keep PH < 3

Patient should refrain from taking vitamins, or mineral herbal supplements for at least one week before sample collection

EDTA whole blood or Heparin +4 C?

5.0 ml EDTA Blood - Room Temperature

Collect 5 mL whole blood or 3 mL bone marrow in an EDTA (lavender-top) tube. Whole blood or bone marrow is shipped at room temperature or refrigerated (cold packs). Do not freeze whole blood or bone marrow. After collection of the sample, draw date and time, as well as sample type, must be written on the tube and included as requested information.

3x5 EDTA Blood room temp.

2.0 ml Serum 2-8 ?C

2.0 ml Serum 2-8 ?C

Blood samples are to be taken, and slides prepared when the patient presents with symptoms of malaria, and every 6 hours for 36 hours. Specimens obtained during the febrile state yield the greatest number of parasites in circulating blood. It is very important that at least one thick and one thin blood film smear must be submitted on two separate glass slides with one frosted end, in addition to the EDTA (lavender-top) tube. One slide should be smeared as is done with a differential exam and one slide should have a drop of blood dried in an area about the size of a dime. Note: Travel history (name of country and when visited) and anti- malarial agents should be noted on the requisition.

1.0 ml EDTA Blood 2-8 ?C

Collection Instructions Carefully clean skin prior to venipuncture. Avoid hemolysis. Avoid worksite collection. Serum (preferred): Blood may be drawn into royal blue-top evacuated tube without additive, allow to clot and centrifuge within 4 hours of collection. Pour off plasma/serum into an acid-washed metal-free tube for transportation. Use powderless gloves. Plasma (acceptable): Follow the above instructions except that the sample does not go through the clotting process.

1.0 ml serum frozen

1.0 ml Serum 2-8 ?C