Specimen Requirements

Specimen must arrive and be processed within 4 hours of collection. Notify Ridgeview Medical Center Laboratory at 952-442-2191, extension 5600 to let them know specimen is coming.

8 mL of unprocessed amniotic fluid. Send specimen refrigerated in a plastic, leakproof vial.

Note:  1. Include “tap or pool,” “diabetic or nondiabetic,” and weeks gestation on request form.

2. Label vial with patient’s name, date of birth or hospital medical record number, specimen source, date and time of collection, and collector’s initials.