Whole blood or bone marrow in a lavender top (EDTA) Vacutainer, or purified cell populations from those tissues. Yellow top (ACD) Vacutainers are also acceptable
Storage/Transport Temperature
5 mL whole blood or 3 mL bone marrow at 2 - 8°C. (Min 1 mL)
Remarks
Analysis of a donor specimen and a pre-transplant recipient specimen is required to select informative markers prior to post-transplant Chimerism Analysis
Stability (from collection to initiation)
Ambient: 72 hours; Refrigerated: 1 week; Frozen: Unacceptable
*Note: Anonymous donor samples are not declined due to transport time. All anonymous donor samples will be processed, and quality checks will be conducted to ensure standards are met.
Lab Section
Molecular Diagnostics
Methodology
Polymerase Chain Reaction/Fragment Analysis by capillary electrophoresis
Performed
As needed
Reported
Post-transplatn: 5 working days; Pre-transplant: 14 days from receipt of both samples
Refer to Lab Account Manager. email: labservicesoutreach@urmc.rochester.edu
Specimen Requirements
Collect
Whole blood or bone marrow in a lavender top (EDTA) Vacutainer, or purified cell populations from those tissues. Yellow top (ACD) Vacutainers are also acceptable
Storage/Transport Temperature
5 mL whole blood or 3 mL bone marrow at 2 - 8°C. (Min 1 mL)
Remarks
Analysis of a donor specimen and a pre-transplant recipient specimen is required to select informative markers prior to post-transplant Chimerism Analysis
Stability (from collection to initiation)
Ambient: 72 hours; Refrigerated: 1 week; Frozen: Unacceptable
*Note: Anonymous donor samples are not declined due to transport time. All anonymous donor samples will be processed, and quality checks will be conducted to ensure standards are met.
Testing
Lab Section
Molecular Diagnostics
Methodology
Polymerase Chain Reaction/Fragment Analysis by capillary electrophoresis
Performed
As needed
Reported
Post-transplatn: 5 working days; Pre-transplant: 14 days from receipt of both samples
