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Collection Restrictions
Can only collect Monday - Friday 7:00 a.m. - 3:00
p.m
Never weekends or holidays
Collection Requirements
Sources: blood, thawed peripheral blood
progenitor cell products, or bone marrow
Container: EDTA lavender
Volume:
- Preferred: 1 mL vacutainer
- Acceptable: microtainer filled to the top line
Other sources: Call Flow Cytometry
Special Instructions
Specimens must be sent immediately to the lab
Availability
Routine
Turn Around Time
2 hours
Lab Processing Instructions
Specimen: whole blood or bone marrow
Room temperature
Specimen(s): body fluids (cell suspensions) and tissue in RPMI
media
Refrigerate
Performing Laboratory
Adele Hall
Adele Hall Lab Section
Flow Cytometry
Additional Information
This test is useful for the assessment of cell population integrity
Instrumentation/Methodology
The percent of cells that do not take up Propidium Iodide (viable cells) is measured on a flow cytometer
Reference Ranges
≥70% viability is acceptable
CPT
88182