haematology users' handbook - University College London Hospitals

Flow Cytometry (HIV and Cell Markers) (page 2 of 5)
Test Specimen Type Key
Factors
affecting
tests
Notes
Out of hours
service
Time Limit
for
requesting
additional
tests from
time of
venesection
Turnaround
time from
receipt of
sample (in
working days)
Lymphoma screen
Bone Marrow or
Peripheral Blood
(Can be performed on
existing FBC sample)
No minimum volume.
Sample not
kept at
room
temperature
Please send samples directly to
flow cytometry lab.
Please let flow cytometry
laboratory know to expect
sample.
Transport samples at room
temperature.
No service provided Within 24
hours
Urgent: Results
can be sent out
within a few
hours after being
received in
laboratory
Non-urgent:
48hrs.
Bone Marrow staining
8 x bone marrow
smears
If BM in
EDTA has
been
received
instead of
slides
The laboratory registrar / SHO
should be contacted for bone
marrow requests. Slides must be
labelled in pencil with at least 3
points of patient id and the date of
sampling.
BM received out of
hours are not
stained. If BM are
urgent and need to
be looked at out of
hours, please bleep
on-call laboratory
staff to let them
know to stain slides.
Within 24
hours
Urgent ( i.e.
Acute
Leukaemia):
1hr for staining +
same day for
reporting by
Haem
SpR/consultant
Non-urgent:
24hrs for staining
+ further 4
working days for
reporting by
Haem
consultant/
SpR
HAEM-PD-UserHbook V8 Haematology and Blood Transfusion User Handbook Page 30 of 38
Authors: Karen Orfinada (Senior Biomedical Scientist)
Sally McDonald (Senior Biomedical Scientist) Authorised by: Dave Barnett Review Date: August 2015