Clinical Pathology
Submission Guidelines
Specimen Collection and Submission Guidelines for:
Local Veterinarians ::
Out-of-Town Veterinarians ::
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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. |
Specimen Collection and Submission Guidelines for:
Local Veterinarians ::
Out-of-Town Veterinarians ::
Top
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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. |