• Guide to Lab Services
• Lab Test Directory
• Critical Values
• Discontinued Tests
• Reference Ranges
• Specimen Collection
• Stat Testing
• Sweep Time for Calgary Hospital Lab Collections
• Anatomic Pathology & Cytopathology
• Anatomic Pathology Specimen Collection
• Cytopathology Specimen Collection
• Fine Needle Aspiration Clinic
• Cancer Cytogenetics
• Autopsy
• Supplies
• Chemistry & Hematology
• Flow Cytometry
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Anatomic Pathology Specimen Collection

• Completing the Requisition Form
• Specimen Identification 
• Specimen Rejection 
• Exempt Tissues 

Specimens that are not listed below should be handled as 
                Routine Surgical Specimens.

Specimen/Test Name:

• Bone Morphometry/Metabolic Bone Biopsy 
• Brain Biopsy 
• Breast Tissue 
• Cardiac Biopsy 
• Colposcopy 
• Electron Microscopy (EM) 
• Estrogen/Progesterone Receptors (ER/PR) 
• Fetal Losses and Autopsy 
• Frozen Section 
• Immunofluorescence/Immunoperoxidase 
• Liver for Iron or Copper 
• Loss of Heterozygosity for 1p and 19q 
• Lung Tissue for Pneumocystis carinii 
• Lymph Node Biopsies 
• Muscle Biopsy 
• Nerve Biopsy 
• Ophthalmology Specimens 
• Placenta 
• Products of Conception 
• Renal Biopsy, Non-Transplant 
• Renal Biopsy, Transplant 
• Renal Transplant Nephrectomy 
• Skin Biopsy, Immunofluorescence 
• Skin Biopsy, Routine 

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