All samples must be shipped via Priority Overnight Service. Ship samples Monday through Wednesday only. Boxes should be clearly marked as patient specimens in yellow or red labeling.
Room Temperature: Whole blood & cultured skin fibroblasts
Dry Ice: Tissues (muscle, heart, liver), plasma, or urine.
Paperwork: You must include a COMPLETED Laboratory Requisition. Relevant DIAGNOSIS information and sample COLLECTION DATE are REQUIRED. Mycoplasma test results or the directive for us to do the mycoplasma testing for skin fibroblasts are also REQUIRED.
PLEASE put the FAX NUMBERS you would like RESULTS sent to on the Labratory Requisition.
Shipping address:
CIDEM
University Hospitals Case Medical Center
11100 Euclid Ave., WEARN Room 649
Cleveland, OH 44106
Invoices will be sent to the referring laboratory. In some cases, the CIDEM laboratory can bill the patient's private insurance carrier; please call to arrange.
Results will be faxed to the fax numbers specifically indicated on the Labratory Requisition in the "Faxes where results will be sent" space. Results will be mailed to the referring physician, and to the referring laboratory. If additional copies are needed, please provide additional mailing addresses.
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