Surgical Pathology Shipping Instructions: Renal Biopsy
Renal Muscle Nerve Pathology Requisition Renal Version
Instructions for Preparing and Shipping Renal Biopsies
to UF Health Pathology Laboratories
Renal Muscle Nerve Pathology Requisition
Renal Pathology Biopsy Clinical Information Form
What is included in this kit?
- One vial of formalin
- One requisition form
- One vial of Michel’s (IF) medium
- One Renal Pathology Biopsy Clinical Information Form
How to prepare the specimen:
Proper handling of the specimen depends on the number of cores and amount of tissue collected.
Two cores:
- Place Core #1 in formalin.
- Cut the tips (1 mm) off
other core. - Submit the tips from
Core #2 in formalin. - Place the remainder of
Core #2 in Michel’s (IF)
medium.
One core ( > 5 mm):
- Cut off 1 mm of tissue
off of the ends of the
specimen. - Submit the tips of the
specimen in the formalin
vial. - Cut the remaining
specimen in half. - Submit one half of the
remaining specimen in
formalin. - Submit the other half of
the remaining specimen
in Michel’s (IF) medium.
One core or scant tissue ( < 5 mm):
- Submit one half of the tissue in formalin and the other half in Michel’s (IF) medium.
- We can triage tissue in formalin for electron microscopy if needed.