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.
4. Place in pre-filled 10% neutral buffered formalin container.
5. Formalin container should be large enough to accommodate the specimen and to provide a volume of fixative which is 10-15X the volume of the specimen.
6. The container lid must be securely tightened to prevent leakage.
7. 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.