1. Specimen submitted for routine examination should be placed in appropriately labeled bottle of 10% buffered formalin.
2. Specimen label should include patient’s name, date, site or source of specimen.
3. Tissue Specimen Request Form should be placed in outside pouch of a biohazard bag and specimen sealed in zip portion of bag.
Note: Some tissue specimens require special handling such as lymph nodes for imprints, breast tissue for estrogen, progesterone receptor assay, and muscle and renal biopsy specimens. Please notify Histology at 989-839-3498 to allow enough time to prepare processing materials.