CYTOPATHOLOGY, URINARY

ALL PATHOLOGY SPECIMENS MUST BE SUBMITTED WITH A PRINTED COPY OF THE ORDER

LAB1230112

Cytologic evaluation of ThinPrep preparations. If requested,reflex testing for fluorescent in-situ hybridization (FISH) when cytology results are atypical or suspicious.

Voided and Instrumented Urines: CytoLyt fixative collection cup or fresh in sterile cup  
 

 

Patient should avoid douching forty-eight to seventy-two hours prior to examination. Sample the ectocervix using a plastic spatula. Rinse the spatula into the PreservCyt Solution vial by swirling the spatula vigorously in the vial ten times. Sample the endocervix using an endocervical brush. Rinse the brush in the same vial by rotating the device in the solution ten times while pushing against the PreservCyt vial wall. Swirl the brush vigorously to further release material. Discard the brush and spatula. Securely tighten the cap and label the vial with patient's name and hospital number. Include all pertinent history with paper requisition. 
 

Ambient

Urine: Fresh specimen will degenerate.Stable if collected in Cytolyt fixative collection cup or add equalvolume of 50% ethyl alcohol. 
Urinary Washings: Unstable at Room Temperature. Specimen not submitted immediately to laboratory will degenerate if not transported in Cytolyt fixative collection cup. 

Urine Specimens: Unlabeled specimen. 
Urinary Washings: Unlabeled specimen

For Thin Prep pap smears, the clinician must indicate whether high-risk HPV testing is to be performed per 2020 ASCCP guidelines, regardless of diagnosis, or not at all. More information is available at: www.asccp.org.