Specimen Requirements

1. Prepare Patient for collection per protocol necessary.
2. A specimen requisition form must accompany the specimen and should automatically print.
3. Transport the specimen directly to Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital Laboratory in designated pick-up location at Room Temp.
4. The container lid must be securely tightened to prevent leakage.
5. Label the specimen container with EPIC patient label and EPIC collection process completed.

• Each of the following items is required:

  1. All requisitions must be labeled with:

  -Patient name, date of birth, and medical record number

  -Name and phone number of the referring pathologist or ordering provider

  -Anatomic site and collection date

  2. A suspected diagnosis and reason for testing

  See Specimen Required - Recommended Biopsy Site Selection Based on Disease State for how to label biopsy site specimens.
   

Transport Medium Method

Specimen Type: Tissue

Supplies: Michel's Transport Media for Immunofluorescent Testing

Sources: Skin punch biopsied

Container/Tube: Screw-capped container or vial containing transport medium (Michel's, also called Zeus media)

Collection Instructions:

1. Collect biopsy of skin 

2. Immediately place specimen into a labeled vial of transport medium and seal tightly.