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:  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