KIDNEY BIOPSY, SURGICAL PATHOLOGY BIOPSY

Message
SENDOUT/DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK - PATHOLOGY


Test Code
KIDNEY BIOPSY, SURGICAL PATHOLOGY BIOPSY


Alias/See Also
MUSCLE BIOPSY, RENAL BIOPSY, KIDNEY BIOPSY, LYMPH NODE BIOPSY


Preferred Specimen
BIOPSY


Instructions
COLLECT BIOPSY AND PLACE IN STERILE CONTAINER.(No fixative) HAVE PATHOLOGIST FILL OUT PROPER PAPERWORK. PT'S NAME, FULL SSN, WHERE BIOPSY WAS TAKEN FROM.  Ordered in CPRS with required SF 515 filled out.
Required fixative will be determined by histology department and added.


Transport Container
STERILE CONTAINER (no fixative)
Required fixative will be determined by histology department.


Transport Temperature
ROOM TEMP and delivered to the Histology department ASAP


Setup Schedule
M-F: 8-5


Performing Laboratory
DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER 1 MEDICAL CENTER DRIVE LEBANON, NH 03766

Additional Information
RENAL BIOPSY


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