23240:PEROXIDASE STAIN
Author PeaceHealth Laboratories
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| Methodology: |
Cytochemical Staining |
| Edit Date: |
3/17/2009 |
| Performed: |
Monday-Friday (STATs only on weekends) |
| Released: |
48 hours |
| CPT Code: |
83876 |
| Specimen Collection Details |
| Collection: |
One 4 mL lavender top tube (EDTA), or 2-3 blood or bone marrow slides. |
| Handling: |
Protect blood from light by wrapping tube in foil. Send slides in a slide folder or wrap in heavy cardboard and tape closed. Send to PeaceHealth Laboratories within 24 hours for optimum staining. |
| Standard Volume: |
4 mL EDTA whole blood, or 3 slides. |
| Minimum Volume: |
0.5 mL EDTA whole blood, or 1 slide. |
| Transport: |
Whole blood refrigerated; slides ambient. |
| Comments: |
Include copy of hematology results including bone marrow differential, if available, to assist with pathologist interpretation. Used to detect granulocytic differentiation of immature cells in evaluation of leukemia. See also: Esterase Stain (23260). |
| Rejection Criteria: |
Insufficient material on slides for evaluation; frozen specimen; gross hemolysis. |