Important Note

• Histology personnel must be notified in advance at ext.75095 of the procedure or in the case of fetal loss as soon as the test is requested by the physician.
• RPMI tubes are available in the pass-through specimen refrigerator located in the main lab at BMH and in the MHE lab upon request.
• After the specimen is collected, it should be brought immediately to Histology accompanied by:
  • Extra labels 
  • Washington University Cytogenetics Constitutional Form. (available from Histology)The cytogenetics form should include: 
    • Patient’s name,
    • Date and time of specimen collection,
    • DOB,
    • Gestational age of Pregnancy,
    • Testing requested,
    • Any other pertinent clinical findings.