Clinical Pathology
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Clinical Pathology Individual Test Instructions -- for local referring veterinarians
Cytology Smear
• Label all slides with the patient’s name.
• Complete request form and provide all sample/patient information and as much history as necessary for accurate evaluation.
• Don’t forget to indicate the site.
Centesis Fluid Analysis
• Submit specimen in a lavender top collection tube
• Label with the patient’s name.
• DO NOT SUBMIT SAMPLES FOR FLUID ANALYSIS IN SYRINGES.
• If samples are left at night or on weekends, please include a slide.
• Leave all slides in a plastic bag with a completed form, and place fluid in refrigerator.
• Please include all sample/patient information, and history.
• Be sure to indicate from which body cavity the specimen was taken.
CBC
• Submit specimen in a lavender top collection tube.
• Label all specimens with the patient’s name & complete a request form.
• Include a smear with the request, and leave the request and the smear in a plastic bag in the area designated for clinical pathology samples.
• Refrigerate the lavender top collection tube.
Coagulation Profile
• Submit specimen in a blue top collection tube.
• Label all specimens and complete a request form.
• Call the laboratory to announce the arrival of the specimen.
• Place sample and request form in a plastic bag and place in the refrigerator.
• Test must be run within 2 hours of draw.
• If you cannot get the sample to us within 15 minutes of draw, separate the plasma from the cells using a PLASTIC PIPET, place in a PLASTIC tube and freeze plasma.
Chemistry
• Submit specimen in a green or red top collection tube.
• Label all specimens with the patient’s name and complete a request form.
• Place sample and request form in a plastic bag and leave in the refrigerator.
Urine
• Submit specimen in a red top collection tube.
• Label with the patient’s name and complete a request form.
• Place urine sample and request in a plastic bag and leave in the refrigerator.
Clinical Pathology Individual Test Instructions -- for out-of-town referring veterinarians
Cytology Smear
• Label all slides with the patient’s name.
• Complete request form and provide all sample/patient information and as much history as necessary for accurate evaluation.
• Don’t forget to indicate the site.
• Pack carefully according to shipper’s instructions to prevent breakage.
Centesis Fluid Analysis
• Submit specimen in a lavender top collection tube
• Label with the patient’s name.
• DO NOT SUBMIT SAMPLES FOR FLUID ANALYSIS IN SYRINGES.
• Ship sample on an ice pack according to shipper’s instruction.
• Include a completed a request form.
• Keep any smears you might include as far away from the ice pack as possible.
• Label all specimens.
CBC
• Submit specimen in a lavender top collection tube.
• Label all specimens with the patient’s name and complete a request form.
• Include a smear if possible.
• Ship sample on an ice pack according to shipper’s instructions.
• Include a completed a request form.
• Keep smears as far away from the ice pack as possible.
Chemistry
• Submit specimen in a green or red top collection tube.
• Separate serum/plasma from cells and label all specimens with the patient’s name.
• Pack with a competed request form and specimen on an ice pack according to shipper’s instructions.
Urinalysis
• Submit specimen in a red top collection tube.
• Label the specimen with the patient’s name and complete a request form.
• Pack completed request form and specimen on an ice pack according to shipper’s instructions.