Submission of Samples
Samples received after 4 p.m. will be tested the next business day unless an
after hours fee is charged. In-clinic patient testing is available on Saturdays
at 8:30-9:30 a.m. Send-in/research samples are not processed on holidays or
weekends.
Sample Submission
- Please include a completed
Clinical Pathology requisition form. Include the
Veterinary clinic/ Veterinarian, address, fax#, and
telephone #.
- Patient information should include full name, age, sex,
species/breed and history.
- All samples should be labeled with patient name.
- Date of blood draw or sample collection should be on the
form.
- Samples preferably should be received same day or
shipped overnight on a cold pack, unless it is a slide
cytology.
- Serum, plasma samples should be separated from the RBCs.
- An air dried differential slide should be made if a CBC
is ordered. The slide should be protected from freezing/heat
exposure and should not be packaged with formalin fixed
tissues
- NOTE: Ideally, shipping over the weekend or a holiday is
not optimal for sample integrity. It is best to avoid this
unless necessary.
- Fluid cytologies, when possible, should have an air
dried direct slide made to preserve cellular integrity.
- Cytologies should include sample site or fluid type with
description of the lesion.
- Cytology samples should not be packaged with formalin
fixed tissues.
- Tests requested but not performed in the WSU Clinical
Pathology Laboratory can be sent to a referral laboratory.
We will call the veterinarian on the case, inquiring if
they want us to send the sample for them. We will monitor
the progress of the test results and notify the clinician
when results are available. For send-out tests unknown to
the laboratory, we will do a brief search for the test, but
require the clinician to aid in obtaining information
regarding rare or obscure tests. Either a FedEx fee of
$33.50, or a sample processing fee of $18.75 (depending on
the sample destination) will be charged for all send-out
testing.
Shipping Options
Mail Address
Washington State University
Veterinary Teaching Hospital
Clinical Pathology
P.O Box 647060
Pullman, WA 99164-7060
FedEx/UPS Address
Washington State University
Clinical Pathology
VTH Room 1402
Pullman, WA 99164-7060
Fees
In-Clinic patients: Clinical Pathology services for in
house patients are charged to the patient account upon accessioning and are
invoiced to the client at time of discharge. Any additional testing
requested by the clinician on the case after discharge will be charged to
the client and billed.
Send-in sample testing: The Clinical Pathology laboratory
cannot receive samples sent in by the owner without an attending
veterinarian on the case. The test results and billing will be given to the
attending veterinarian. We can only give results to the attending
veterinarian.
STAT requests include an additional fee and are not
available for all tests.
All fees are subject to change.
Saving Samples
Samples submitted to the Clinical Pathology Lab are saved for 1 week in
the refrigerator. If additional testing is desired during this time, please
notify the laboratory to determine if there is enough volume and sample
integrity to run the test. CSF serum titer samples are saved frozen for 3
months. CSF titer samples are refrigerated for 1 month. Slides for
cytologies are kept a minimum of 3 years.
