Specimen Requirements

Specimen Type: Urine

Container/Tube: Sterile container

Specimen Volume: Entire collection

Collection Instructions: If there is a delay in transport, send specimen refrigerated.

Additional Information:

1. Label container (not lid) with patient’s name (first, last, and middle initial), date of birth, date and time of collection, and source of specimen.

2. The following specimens will be returned to submitting physician:
A. Spilled specimen
B. No request form
C. Name on request form does not match name on specimen

Forms: Non-GYN Cytology Request Form including patient’s name (first, last, and middle initial), medical record number (if appropriate), date of birth and/or Social Security number, date and time of collection, medical history, source of specimen (voided or catheterized), and initials of person collecting specimen