UW Hospital and Clinics Lab Test Directory
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Dermatopathology
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PATHD / HCPATHD
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88304, 88305, 88312, 88313, 88342
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UWHC Dermatopathology Specimen Exam Request
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Mon-Fri, 0700-1900.
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Routine: 1 - 2 days.
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Specimen Requirements
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Preferred: Sterile screw cap container with 10% buffered formalin (10:1 ratio, formalin to tissue)
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Biopsy specimens (biopsy types Shave, Punch, Ellipse, Fragment, Excision for Slow Mohs, Mohs Layer/Flat) should be placed in a screw cap container with 10% buffered formalin (10:1 ratio, formalin to tissue). Specimen should be accompanied by a completed UWHC Dermatopathology Specimen Exam form and/or a Health Link Workstation order. Submit all tissue to the laboratory by 7pm Monday through Thursday, or 5pm on Friday.
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Deliver to UWHC Dermatopathology Lab (West Clinic, 451 Junction Road, Room G181- Madison WI, 53717).
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Interpretation
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Tissue specimens must arrive in UWHC Dermatopathology Lab by 7pm Monday through Thursday, or 5pm Friday, to be prepared for interpretation the following business day.
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Specimens requiring special stains or immunohistochemical staining will have an increased turnaround time.
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derm, dermpath, derm path, skin
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