1. After specimen is aspirated, place a small drop onto a glass slide labeled in pencil with patient's name, date of birth and source. Use a second clean slide to gently spread the drop to make a smear.
2. Air dried, unstained, and Diff-Quick slides need to be dry, and labed as such before placing into slide carrier for transport. 
3. If there is a clinical concern for Lymphoma:
   • Place one aspiration into RPMI (or one core into RPMI if available).
   • If procedure allows place 1-2 core biopsies into Formalin.
   • If procedure allows place 1-2 core biopsies into B+ fixative.
4. If thyroid aspirate, collect two dedicated FNA passes from each nodule for potential genomic testing. e.g., if six passes are collected, the middle (3) and final pass (6) would be placed into a single FNAprotect tube.
   
   • Place the middle and final pass into an FNAprotect tube (e.g., passes 3, 6).
   • Rinse the needle in the FNAprotect solution.
   • Cap the FNAprotect tube and invert 3 times.
   • Label each FNAprotect tube with the patient name, date of birth (DOB) and the lesion site
     • Pinch patient label around tube to create a flag.
     • Make flag by adhering sticky sides together.
5. Place any remaining specimen into a clean, dry capped tube or tube of CytoLyt™ labeled with two patient identifiers and source.
6. Repeat above steps until lesion is adequately sampled.
7. On the FNA request indicate site(s), the number of air-dried, unstained, and Diff-Quick slides for each site, and if additional fluid is submitted.
8. Aspirations taken from different sites (e.g. Left and Right Thyroid) should be clearly labeled on smears/containers, and indicated on the requisition.

 FNA Sample Request with Completion Instructions