71400:CYTOPATHOLOGY, SPUTUM
Author PeaceHealth Laboratories
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| Methodology: |
Smears / Cytyc Cytolyt Prep |
| Edit Date: |
9/19/2007 |
| Performed: |
Monday-Friday |
| Released: |
24-48 hours, weekdays |
| Specimen Collection Details |
| Collection: |
Three successive morning specimens, or for pooled sputum, collect sputum throughout the day in a clean container. |
| Handling: |
Containers can be held ambient after collection has begun if using Cytolyt Collection Fluid fixative, otherwise refrigerate fresh specimen. Send separate specimen without fixative if other testing ordered. |
| Stability: |
Cytolyt Collection Fluid fixative stable 10 days ambient. Fresh specimen ambient 2 hours; refrigerate for longer storage. |
| Standard Volume: |
5-10 mL sputum. |
| Minimum Volume: |
1 mL sputum. |
| Transport: |
Specimen in Cytolyt Collection Fluid fixative ambient. Fresh specimen refrigerated. |
| Comments: |
Specimen in Cytolyt Collection Fluid fixative cannot be split with Microbiology. Refer to the Surgical Pathology section of the User Guide for special specimen collection instructions. |
| Rejection Criteria: |
Fresh specimen held ambient more than 2 hours; specimen in Cytolyt Collection Fluid fixative held more than 10 days. |
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