Specimen Requirements

• Flow Cytometry

• Peripheral blood- 3 ml sodium heparin - preferred (green top) or 3 ml in EDTA (purple top)
• Bone Marrow Aspirate: 1-2 ml sodium heparin - preferred (green top) or 1-2 ml in EDTA (purple top)
• Tissue: Multiple 3-4 mm pieces of tissue in transport media
• Body Fluids: Mix 1:1 in RPMI transport media

• Cytogenetics

• Peripheral Blood: 5 ml in sodium heparin (green top)
• Bone Marrow Aspirate: 1-2 ml in sodium heparin (green top)
• Cord Blood: 2-5 ml in sodium heparin (green top)
• Tissue: 5-10 mm or larger sized tissue in transport media

• FISH

• Peripheral Blood: 3 ml sodium heparin - preferred (green top) or 3 ml in EDTA (purple top)
• Bone Marrow Aspirate: 1-2 ml sodium heparin - preferred (green top) or 3 ml in EDTA (purple top)
• Tissue: Please call for additional specimen requirements

• Molecular Analysis (PCR)

• Peripheral Blood: 5 ml EDTA (purple top) preferred; ACD (yellow top) acceptable
• Tissue: Minimum of 250 mg tissue in transport media
• Formalin fixed paraffin embedded tissue

• Molecular Analysis (PCR)

• Formalin fixed paraffin embedded tissue
• Tissue in 10% neutral buffered formalin