Polymerase Chain Reaction/Fragment Analysis
Whole Blood or Bone Marrow
ARUP
Other Reference Test
Daily
5-9 Days
3 mL Whole Blood or 1 mL Bone Marrow per Cell Line
Lavender (EDTA)
Collect Monday-Friday only, no weekends or holidays. Whole blood collected in an ACD Solution A/B (yellow-top) tube is also acceptable. Complete the Cell Isolation Request for Chimerism, Post-Transplant, Sorted Cells form and send with specimen to the lab. Increase the amount of blood/bone marrow submitted based on the number of cell lines requested and for patients with low cell counts.
Refrigerate-OK/Ambient-OK
Room Temp: 24 Hour (Preferred); Refrigerated: 24 Hours; Frozen: Unacceptable
Clotted; Hemolyzed
3 mL Whole Blood or 1 mL Bone Marrow per Cell Line
3 mL Whole Blood or 1 mL Bone Marrow per Cell Line
Complete an ARUP requisition and submit with completed Cell Isolation Request for Chimerism, Post-Transplant, Sorted Cells form with specimen room temp. Call Apollo Courier Service for pick up Monday-Friday.
Insurance authorization is required prior to draw for outpatients. Ok to send on inpatients.
81268; 88184; 88185
05-25-19
SL