24 hours collected Urine All Specimen Amniotic fluid Ascitic Fluid BAL BAL fluid BAL/Sputum Blood Body Fluid Body Fluid , EDTA Blood, Pure culture Body Fluid / Tissue
/FNAC Body Fluid/CSF/EDTA Whole blood/Pure culture/Sputum/Tissue Body Fluids Bone Marrow Cerebro-Spinal Fluid Cerebrospinal Fluid Cervical brush specimen (in liquid-based cytology medium) Cervical sample
(conventional Pap smear)
- not specified in source; to be confirmed Cervical Scrapings Cervical Swab for
FEMALE patients/Oral / Genital / Anal Swab from the lesion for MALE patients/Tissue Block/Fresh Tissue in
normal saline/First void
urine CHORIONIC VILLUS CSF CSF/EDTA Blood/EDTA Plasma/Urine CSF/EDTA Plasma CSF/EDTA Plasma/Blister fluid/swab or scrapings from base of ulcer/fresh tissue/tissue block CSF/Sputum/Body fluids/EDTA Blood CVS CVS sample Drain Fluid EDTA
Blood/Sputum/BAL/Bone Marrow/Synovial fluid/Abscess aspirates/CSF EDTA
Plasma/Urine/Saliva/BAL/ CSF/Amniotic Fluid/Fresh Tissue in normal saline EDTA Blood EDTA Blood,Sodium Heparin Blood EDTA Blood/EDTA Plasma/Urine/CSF EDTA Bone
Marrow,Heparin Bone Marrow EDTA Bone Marrow EDTA Bone marrow EDTA Plasma EDTA Plasma/Serum EDTA Plasma/Urine EDTA Whole
Blood/Urine/CSF/Amnioti c Fluid EDTA Whole Blood EDTA Whole Blood (Maternal)/Amniotic fluid/chorionic villus/products of conception EDTA Whole Blood and Parafin Block (Histopath) EDTA Whole Blood and Serum EDTA Whole Blood/CSF EDTA Whole Blood/CSF/Fresh Tissue in normal saline EDTA Whole Blood/CSF/Sputum/Body Fluid/Tissue in normal saline EDTA Whole Blood/CSF/Tissue EDTA Whole Blood/EDTA Bone marrow EDTA Whole Blood/EDTA Bone Marrow/CSF/Amniotic
fluid/Synovial fluid EDTA Whole Blood/EDTA Bone Marrow/Synovial
fluid/Abscess/Aspirates/C
SF/Fresh Tissue EDTA Whole Blood/EDTA Plasma/CSF/Urine Endo Tracheal secreation Endocervical swab /
cervical brush specimen Vaginal swab
Urethral swab First-void urine Anal swab
Oropharyngeal swab FORMALIN FIXED TISSUE Fresh neurosurgical tissue FRESH TISSUE Fresh Tissue in normal saline Fresh Tissue in normal saline/Tissue Block Hair/Skin/Nail Heparin blood Heparin blood,Serum Heparin Bone Marrow Heparin whole blood Heparin Whole Blood Isolated colony Kidney Stone LBC (Liquid-Based Cytology) Liquid Base Cytology Midstream Urine NA Nasal/Throat swab Nasopharyngeal & Oropharyngeal swab Nipple Discharge Ocular Fluid Oropharyngeal or
Nasopharyngeal swab in VTM Other Fluids OVARIAN FOLLICULAR FLUID PARAFFIN
BLOCK/TISSUE IN MICHEL'S MEDIUM PARAFFIN BLOCK PARAFFIN BLOCK WITH/WITHOUT STAINED/UNSTAINED SLIDES Paraffin blocks ( Formalin fixed paraffin embedded) PARAFFIN EMBEDDED TISSUE BLOCK Pericardial Fluid Peritoneal Fluid Peritoneal Washings Plasma/Serum Pleural Fluid Prefixed smears along with air dry smears Prefixed smears along with air dry smears or stained smears PRODUCTS OF CONCEPTION Pus Self-collected vaginal swab Semen Serum Serum, EDTA whole blood, Citrate plasma Serum/ Lithium Heparin Serum/EDTA plasma Single Paraffin block / section on charged slide Skin scraping, Nail Clippings, Hair Slide, Tissue Sodium Citrate whole Blood Sodium Fluoride whole Blood SODIUM HEPARIN BLOOD SODIUM HEPARIN BONE MARROW Special tube (strek blue) Contact Lab Spot Urine Sputum Sputum, BAL, Other respiratory samples Sputum, BAL, Tissue, Body fluids, FNAC, Pus, Urine, Gastric lavage Sputum/BAL Fluid Sputum/BAL/Pus/Absces s/Aspirates/Body fluid/Other samples Stool Stool/Gastric Tissue Biopsy in normal saline Swab Swab & Plate Synovial Fluid Tissue Tissue biopsy (research/confirmation only) Tissue Block TISSUE FIXED IN 10% NEUTRAL BUFFERED FORMALIN Ulcer swab
Genital swab Oral swab CSF
Blood/plasma Urethral Discharge, Urethral Swab, Urine Urine Urine / Urethral
Swab/Urethral Discharge Urine Sample Urine/Genital
swab/Conjunctival swab Urine/Genital
swab/Conjunctival swab/Body Fluid Whole Blood (Contact to the lab) Whole blood / plasma Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)
Bone marrow aspirate
Tissue biopsy