Collect: 1.0 mL EDTA whole blood (lavender top) tube,1.0 mL Bone Marrow, 5.0 mL CSF, 5.0 mL Body Fluid 2x2mm Fresh tissue, Fine Needle Aspiration or Fine Needle Core Biopsy.
Park Nicollet, Hutchinson, Olivia: For all Park Nicollet, Hutchinson and Olivia flow cytometry orders on peripheral blood, the CBC for flow tracking test will reflex when in the collect screen in Beaker, so two EDTA tubes should be collected. 2 labels will print – one for flow cytometry, the other for CBC for Flow. If at a clinic site, the flow cytometry tube gets packed on the Methodist heme path only list. The CBC for flow gets packed on the Methodist refrigerated list. SPA receives tubes, and gives the CBC for flow to hematology and the flow tube to sendouts to send to Regions. Methodist hematology runs the tube manually with a CBC with diff, plt f, and retic, and makes 2 slides. The CBC printout and slides remain at Methodist to be given to PN pathologist interpreting the flow case and the flow EDTA tube gets sent to Regions.
Specimen Preparation
Specimen Type
Specimen Preparation
CSF
Aliquot 5 mL (preferred) CSF and add equal volume (1:2) of RPMI tissue media before sending CSF to Regions.
FNA Core or Aspirate
FNA core or aspirate in RPMI/MEM tissue media tube.
Park Nicollet: To obtain RPMI/MEM media vial(s) contact MH Send Outs at 3-6357. Vials are stored frozen. Once thawed, media is stable for two weeks refrigerated. Media vials are located in the -70 send out freezer. Once removed, update expiration date on label (two weeks). Send refrigerated.
Minimum Volumes
1.0 mL
Unacceptable Conditions
Frozen samples
Storage/Transport Temperature
Room temperature
Stability (from collection to initiation)
Refrigerate: tissue, body fluids and CSF: 24 hours
Room temperature: blood and bone marrow: 24 Hours
Reported
1-3 days
Performing Lab
Methodist, Regions
Interpretive Data
See Pathologist report for interpretation.
Diagnosis and clinical management of acute and chronic lymphoid and non-lymphoid leukemias. Monitor response to treatment and recurrent disease relapses. Identifies various types and subtypes of malignant lymphomas, such as B-cell, T-cell, and true histiocytic. Differentiates lymphomas from other cancers and non-malignant processes.
CPT Codes
88184 (x1), 88185x additional markers done
Collection
Alias
Epic: LAB1893
Collect
Collect: 1.0 mL EDTA whole blood (lavender top) tube,1.0 mL Bone Marrow, 5.0 mL CSF, 5.0 mL Body Fluid 2x2mm Fresh tissue, Fine Needle Aspiration or Fine Needle Core Biopsy.
Park Nicollet, Hutchinson, Olivia: For all Park Nicollet, Hutchinson and Olivia flow cytometry orders on peripheral blood, the CBC for flow tracking test will reflex when in the collect screen in Beaker, so two EDTA tubes should be collected. 2 labels will print – one for flow cytometry, the other for CBC for Flow. If at a clinic site, the flow cytometry tube gets packed on the Methodist heme path only list. The CBC for flow gets packed on the Methodist refrigerated list. SPA receives tubes, and gives the CBC for flow to hematology and the flow tube to sendouts to send to Regions. Methodist hematology runs the tube manually with a CBC with diff, plt f, and retic, and makes 2 slides. The CBC printout and slides remain at Methodist to be given to PN pathologist interpreting the flow case and the flow EDTA tube gets sent to Regions.
Specimen Preparation
Specimen Type
Specimen Preparation
CSF
Aliquot 5 mL (preferred) CSF and add equal volume (1:2) of RPMI tissue media before sending CSF to Regions.
FNA Core or Aspirate
FNA core or aspirate in RPMI/MEM tissue media tube.
Park Nicollet: To obtain RPMI/MEM media vial(s) contact MH Send Outs at 3-6357. Vials are stored frozen. Once thawed, media is stable for two weeks refrigerated. Media vials are located in the -70 send out freezer. Once removed, update expiration date on label (two weeks). Send refrigerated.
Minimum Volumes
1.0 mL
Unacceptable Conditions
Frozen samples
Storage/Transport Temperature
Room temperature
Stability (from collection to initiation)
Refrigerate: tissue, body fluids and CSF: 24 hours
Room temperature: blood and bone marrow: 24 Hours
Reported
1-3 days
Performing Lab
Methodist, Regions
Result Interpretation
Interpretive Data
See Pathologist report for interpretation.
Diagnosis and clinical management of acute and chronic lymphoid and non-lymphoid leukemias. Monitor response to treatment and recurrent disease relapses. Identifies various types and subtypes of malignant lymphomas, such as B-cell, T-cell, and true histiocytic. Differentiates lymphomas from other cancers and non-malignant processes.
