Shipping Instructions

Body fluid or spinal fluid must arrive within 4 days of collection.

Specimen Required

Submit only 1 of the following specimens:

Specimen Type: Body fluid

Container/Tube: Sterile container

Specimen Volume: At least 5 mL

Collection Instructions:

1. If the volume is large, pellet cells prior to sending.

2. Send less volume at ambient temperature or as a frozen cell pellet.

Specimen Stability Information:

Body fluid: Ambient 4 days/Refrigerated/Frozen

Cell pellet: Frozen

Specimen Type: Paraffin-embedded bone marrow aspirate clot

Container/Tube: Paraffin block

Specimen Stability Information: Ambient 

Specimen Type: Frozen tissue

Container/Tube: Plastic container

Specimen Volume: 100 mg

Collection Instructions: Freeze tissue within 1 hour of collection.

Specimen Stability Information: Frozen

Specimen Type: Paraffin-embedded tissue

Container/Tube: Paraffin block

Specimen Stability Information: Ambient

Specimen Type: Tissue

Slides: Unstained slides

Specimen Volume: 10 Slides

Specimen Stability Information: Ambient

Specimen Type: Spinal fluid

Container/Tube: Sterile vial

Specimen Volume: 5 to 10 mL

Specimen Stability Information: Ambient 4 days/Refrigerated

Specimen Type: Extracted DNA

Container/Tube: 1.5- to 2-mL tube

Specimen Volume: Entire specimen

Collection Instructions:

1. Label specimen as extracted DNA and source of specimen

2. Indicate volume and concentration of DNA on label

Specimen Stability Information: Refrigerated/Ambient