COURIER SERVICE:
AAD Pathology provides a courier service for most clinician offices. Urgent biopsy cases occurring after the courier pickup can be dropped by the AAD Pathology office by 5 P.M.
TURNAROUND TIME:
Results will be available on most surgical specimens and Non-Gyn / FNA specimens in 24 hours. Occasional cases, which require special stains, immunostains or direct immunofluorescence, may be delayed slightly longer.
Please notify the Pathologist for urgent cases when results are required in less than 24 hours.
A pathologist will notify the submitting physician in the event of an unexpected delay in reporting results that may impact patient care.
REPORTS:
Reports can be received multiple ways, which include:
· auto faxed
· printed
· portal (web portal)
· EMR interface in some cases
FIXATION AND HANDLING:
1. Routine surgical specimens: A small specimen should be placed in formalin as soon as possible. As a general guideline, the volume of formalin should be 10 times the tissue volume.
Specimens in formalin may be kept at room temperature.
2. Endoscopy specimens: Small endoscopy specimens, prostate biopsies, bladder biopsies, etc. should be placed in formalin as soon as possible. As a general guideline, the volume of formalin should be 10 times the tissue volume and may be kept at room temperature.
ALL QUESTIONS SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO AAD Pathology at 813-882-9986 ext. 1116 – 1137