TISSUE EXAMINATION, surgicals

Storage Instructions: See Special Instructions FIRST. Submit tissue in 10% neutral buffered formalin in a container labeled with the patient's first and last names, unit history number, and specimen identification. Refrigeration recommended.

Causes For Rejection: Insufficient identification, incomplete request form (pink sheet), contaminated container

Availability: Deliver to Surgical Pathology Laboratory refrigerator that opens to the corridor, adjacent to room 2.186 John Sealy Annex.

Turnaround Time: Routine: 3 days; exception - specimens containing bone and those requiring special procedures

Special Instructions: Specimens which must be submitted FRESH to ensure proper processing:

Lung resection specimens that need to be infused
Complex GI resection in which the specimen needs to be opened and cleaned before it can be adequately fixed
Thyroid in which the capsule is to be examined
All tumor specimens which require examination of margins
Tissue taken for flow cytometry and electron microscopy
Complex and large resections in which the anatomical relationships must be preserved before fixing
Request form must include ICD-9 code, physician's name, ID code, signature, clinical history and diagnosis.
Muscle and nerve biopsies for diagnosis of neuromuscular disease.

Specimen: Tissue

Container: If submitted by surgery: Container of sufficient size to support the tissue. Completely cover specimen with formalin and place a biohazard sticker on the container. If submitted from clinics: 4 oz containers, pre-filled with 10% formalin, may be obtained from Surgical Pathology laboratory, Room 2.186, John Sealy Annex.

How To Order: Submit specimen with proper form to Surgical Pathology Laboratory, Room 2.186, John Sealy Annex.

Reviewed 2/16/2006

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