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Preferred Container Type

Not required

Sterile Jar

Collection & Request Instructions

Please contact the laboratory in advance to ensure a muscle biopsy kit is readily available for collection.

Collection is as per kit instructions.

Note: This is an URGENT send out test.

Laboratory hours are 9am - 5pm, Monday - Friday.

Note: This is an URGENT send out test.

Laboratory hours are 9am - 5pm, Monday - Friday.

Processing Instructions

Call the Victorian Neuromuscular Laboratory for kits.

Contact: 9076 5448

Kits are to be stored in the fridge.

Prior to giving the kit to theatre staff, add 2mls of concentrated glutaraldehyde into 18mls of cacodylate buffer (red top container).

Notify the Victorian Neuromuscular Laboratory.

Contact: 9076 5448

External Transport Instructions

This is an URGENT send out test.

Place the specimen in an esky with ice cubes and dispatch immediately.

Method

Call taxi from the lab. Fill out cab voucher logbook.

Send to: Victorian neuromuscular Laboratory Service (VNLS), Alfred Pathology Service, Ground Floor, main Ward Block, Commercial Road, Melbourne VIC 3004.

Contact: 9076 3150

Send to: Victorian Neuromuscular Laboratory Service (VNLS), Alfred Pathology Service, Ground Floor, Main Ward Block, Commercial Road, Melbourne VIC 3004. Contact: 9076 3150