Instructions for Preparing and Shipping Renal Biopsies to UF Health Pathology Laboratories
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.