BCL1 Gene Rearrangement

Whole blood, bone marrow, fresh or frozen tissue, fixed-cell pellet

7 mL whole blood, 2 mL bone marrow, or 0.5 g tissue

Lavender-top (EDTA) tube, yellow-top (ACD-A) tube, or tissue in lymph node transport bottle

Maintain specimen at room temperature. Some specimen types may be submitted frozen; call client services for instructions.

Specimen more than 48 hours old; clotted blood

Specimens should arrive in the laboratory within 48 hours of collection. Indicate date and time of collection on the request form. To avoid delays in turnaround time when requesting multiple tests on frozen samples, please submit separate frozen specimens for each test requested.