SPECIMEN COLLECTION: Tissue or Fluids

How should tissues be submitted to the laboratory?

If the tissues will also be processed for culture (Acanthamoeba, Leishmania spp., Trypanosoma spp.), then the specimen should be kept sterile and submitted in a sterile container. If the tissue will be processed for set examinations and permanent stained smears, then any type of container will be acceptable. Remember that the specimen must be kept moist; if it dries out in transit, then neither culture nor stained smears will be acceptable for examination.