Skin Fibroblast Culture

​Sterile container with CV/POC transport media

(To be obtained from Cytogenetics Laboratory)

​Specimen should be taken ASEPTICALLY under local anaesthesia, preferably not from groin area due to increased risk of fungal infection. Sterile techniques must be observed during specimen collection.

Size: 3 - 4mm in diameter, including dermis. Shallow or conical biopsies that fail to reach dermis are not satisfactory. Place specimen in transport media.

​1) Transport to laboratory at room temperature as soon as possible

2) For after office hours, send to lab and lab to store at 4^oC - 8^oC in Client Services refrigerator.

​KKH

​6394 1392

​When requested

Lab Cytogenetics

​1) Sterile container with transport media obtainable from cytogenetic laboratory.

2) DO NOT FREEZE SPECIMEN.

3) DO NOT collect in Formalin