Shipping Instructions

Peripheral blood and bone marrow specimens must arrive within 14 days of collection.

Necessary Information

The following information is required:

1. Clinical diagnosis

2. Pertinent clinical history, including disease phase (diagnostic, remission, relapse/refractory) and therapy status (especially if patient has received a hematopoietic stem cell transplant).

3. Clinical or morphologic suspicion

4. Date of collection

5. Specimen source

Specimen Required

Submit only 1 of the following specimens:

Preferred Specimen Type: Bone marrow aspirate

Container/Tube:

Preferred: Lavender top (EDTA) or yellow top (ACD)

Acceptable: Green top (sodium heparin)

Specimen Volume: 2 mL

Collection Instructions:

1. Invert several times to mix bone marrow.

2. Send bone marrow specimen in original tube. Do not aliquot.

3. Label specimen as bone marrow.

Specimen Stability: Ambient (preferred)/Refrigerate

Specimen Type: Whole blood

Container/Tube:

Preferred: Lavender top (EDTA) or yellow top (ACD)

Acceptable: Green top (sodium heparin)

Specimen Volume: 3 mL

Collection Instructions:

1. Invert several times to mix blood.

2. Send whole blood specimen in original tube. Do not aliquot.

3. Label specimen as blood.

Specimen Stability: Ambient (preferred)/Refrigerate

Specimen Type: Extracted DNA from blood or bone marrow

Container/Tube: 1.5- to 2-mL tube with indication of volume and concentration of the DNA

Specimen Volume: Entire specimen

Collection Instructions: Label specimen as extracted DNA and source of specimen

Specimen Stability: Frozen (preferred)/Refrigerate/Ambient