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GENERAL INFORMATION
- Complete appropriate Clinical Pathology request form.
Please include
- all clinic/clinician information
- specimen information
- all pertinent history
If you want results faxed to you be sure to provide your fax # on each request form.
- The lab processes referral samples Monday through Friday. Due to minimal staffing, we do not accept referral samples on weekends, holidays, and administrative closing days.
- If you are delivering samples to us
- Cytology Smears & Blood Smears
- place all cytology smears and blood smears with forms in plastic bags
- leave them in the area designated for clinical pathology samples
- DO NOT REFRIGERATE SLIDES
- Blood, Serum, Urine or Centesis Fluids
- place in a plastic bag along with the request form
- leave in the refrigerator
- Please label all samples individually, and leave all samples at the referral dropoff station unless you have made prior arrangements with the lab.
- We check the drop off station several times each day. If you wish to announce the arrival of your sample or if you have a question, you may call (865) 974-5605.
- If you are mailing samples to us we suggest that you send them overnight via either FEDEX of UPS.
- Most tests have a one day turnaround unless we have a particularly heavy in-house work- load. We do not offer STAT testing for referral specimens. All specimens must be received by 3:30pm in order to processed on the same day received.
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