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You’ve taken a bone marrow biopsy, which do you place the sample in?

Zinc formalin

Saline

Dry specimen cup

You did a core needle biopsy on an enlarged groin lymph node. The team is concerned for lymphoma and would like to do flow cytometry. What do you send the sample in?

Neutral buffered formalin

Sterile saline

Sodium heparin

Dry specimen cup

You’re doing a new drain placement on a patient in the ICU with sepsis found to have a large pelvic rim enhancing fluid collection. After placing the drain, you are able to aspirate only 1.5 mL of pus. What should you send this sample in?

Sterile cup with saline

Yellow SPS tube or red top tube

Zinc formalin

Same situation as question 3, however this time you are able to aspirate 20 mL of pus. What do you send it in?

Yellow SPS tube or red top tube

Dry sterile container

Neutral buffered formalin

You are doing an FNA biopsy on a lymph node with concern for metastatic disease (no concern for lymphoma). What do you send the sample in?

Cytolyt

Vacutainer

Yellow SPS tube

Neutral buffered formalin

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