| 1st August 2024 | Collection & Request Instructions | Specimens to be collected only on Monday to Friday up until 12pm (or 12pm on day before a weekday public holiday). Specimens more than 48 hours old cannot be tested and a recollection will be requested.
Please ensure that blood for molecular testing for BCRABL is collected in a separate dedicated sterile tube. Molecular specimens must NOT be put through any analysers. If unsure please call the Haematology laboratory.
Tube handling must be minimized to prevent contamination.
| Specimens to be collected only on weeksays, and up until 12pm on Fridays or day before a public holiday). Specimens more than 48 hours old cannot be tested and a recollection will be requested.
Please ensure that blood for molecular testing for BCRABL is collected in a separate dedicated sterile tube. Molecular specimens must NOT be put through any analysers. If unsure please call the Haematology laboratory.
Tube handling must be minimized to prevent contamination.
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| 20th June 2024 | Registration Instructions | Must receive a 10ml EDTA to perform this test. If no transcript is specified, it will be assumed to be P210.
Only BCRABL p210 requests on blood samples are performed in-house.
Non-blood samples (eg bone marrow) and/or non-p210 requests (ie rarer transcripts) are to be sent out - if it is peripheral blood p190, use B19 and send out to PMC. If it is a bone marrow sample (regardless of whether it is p190 or p210), use BCR and send out to PMC.
For other rare transcripts, the sendout lab will depend on the requested transcripts (use generic lab-specific code).
| Must receive a 10ml EDTA to perform this test. If no transcript is specified, it will be assumed to be P210.
Only BCRABL p210 requests on blood samples are performed in-house.
Non-blood samples (eg bone marrow) and/or non-p210 requests (ie rarer transcripts) are PAPER only requests and are to be sent out - if it is peripheral blood p190, use B19 and send out to PMC. If it is a bone marrow sample (regardless of whether it is p190 or p210), use BCR and send out to PMC.
For other rare transcripts, the sendout lab will depend on the requested transcripts (use generic lab-specific code).
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