Source fluid for cytology testing should be deposited immediately into the Cytolyt® collection vial (50 ml blue top tube) provided by Pee Dee Pathology. There is no need to send gallon bottles to the laboratory. Submit no more than 100 to 200cc of material. This amount of fluid is entirely sufficient for cytological investigation. Immediate fixation with CytoLyt® is imperative since specimens without fixative are not only of dubious diagnostic value but also constitute a potential source of diagnostic error because of changes occurring in mesothelial cells.
Pee Dee Pathology owns and operates two anatomic pathology laboratories in Florence, SC & Myrtle Beach, SC where evaluations of surgical and cytological specimens are performed.
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