Sending samples to CellBank - Aplastic anaemia
The samples requested for patients with aplastic anaemia are bone marrow and peripheral blood at diagnosis. CSF will not be collected from these patients. Please ensure that you mark the CellBank Sample Information Sheet to inform us that the samples are from an AA patient.
Samples to send - diagnosis only:
Bone marrow - 3-5ml in yellow-topped ACD tube
Peripheral blood - 10ml in purple topped EDTA tubes
When sending samples, please use the sample packs provided by CellBank:
- affix duplicate barcodes to tubes and sample information sheet
- complete sample information sheet as fully as possible
- place tubes and information sheet in the provided SafeBox and post on the day of samples being collected
- samples taken on Friday or late Thursday should be sent by courier only and not posted - contact UK Biocentre directly on 07528963419 and leave a message to make arrangements