Sterile vial/container

Collect fluid aseptically and place in clean, dry sterile vial/container.

For optimum results, specimen should be processed within two hours of collection.

If fungus/pneumocystis stain is requested, answer the "rule out" order question with "Malignancy" and "Fungal Infection".

Sterile vial/container, Sarstedt Transfer Vial or 15 mL sterile Falcon tube

• Non-GYN Cytology request
  • Provide pertinent clinical history/previous malignancy
  • Indicate on request if specimen is for Cytology only, Cytology and Fungus stain, or Fungus stain only

Refrigerated

• Unlabeled or mislabeled specimen
• Unlabeled slide in a labeled slide container
• Leaking specimen if label has been rendered unreadable
• Slide broken beyond repair

Microscopic examination

An interpretive report will be provided