Test: HPE
Specimen: Resected tissue
Additives: 10% Neutral Buffered Formalin
Volume: Specimen to fixative ratio = 1:10
Test: Autopsy specimen
Specimen: Grossed autopsy specimen
Additives: 10% Neutral Buffered Formalin
Volume: Within cassette
Test: Frozen Section, Renal biopsies / Skin Immuno-fluorescence
Specimen: Fresh tissue
Additives: Phosphate Buffered Saline
Volume: 10 ml
Test: Cytology
Specimen: Urine; Body Fluid; Gastric Lavage; Sputum; CSF
Additives: None
Volume: Minimum 10 ml
Test: Semen Analysis
Specimen: Seminal Fluid
Additives: None
Volume: Minimum 1.5 ml
Test: Conventional Pap Smear, Cytology smear
Specimen: Gynaecological and Non-gynaecological specimen
Additives: Fixed in 95% ethyl alcohol
Volume: Smear: 2/3 of slide
Test: Liquid Based Cytology Pap Smear
Specimen: Gynaecological specimen
Additives: None
Volume: As collected