Bloodworks Northwest Laboratories

Support of Candidates for Transplant

Transaction Code and Test:

• 3085-00  Storage serum
• 3085-01  Storage cells

Patients awaiting kidney and or pancreas deceased donor transplantation periodically submit samples to the Immunogenetics/HLA Laboratory to ensure a current sample is available for potential final crossmatch testing.  The samples are drawn at dialysis centers, at clinics or at home and sent to the Immunogenetics/HLA Laboratory in shipping containers provided by the laboratory or the transplant center.

Specimen details

• Storage serum Requirements: One 10cc clotted blood (red top,)
• Storage cell Requirements: Three 10ml ACD tube (yellow top, solution A or B)
• Labeling Requirements:
  • For samples provided by the HLA laboratory:  Specimens are pre-labeled with the patient’s first and last name plus a coded unique ID.  Specimen draw date must be provided by drawing facility or the sample is unacceptable.

For samples provided by the transplant centers:   Specimen must have the patient’s first and last name, a date of draw and a unique identifier written on the tube(s).