Specimen Collection

Note: All samples should be forwarded to LabPlus at room temperature within 24hours.

12 mL CPD Blood (Preferred)

4.5 mL Paediatric EDTA Blood

12 mL EDTA Blood

4.5 mL Paediatric CPD Blood
Turnaround Time: Within 2 weeks, 4 days
Diagnostic Use and Interpretation

T-cell separtaion can be performed on blood samples to enrich for Lymphoid (CD3+) cells.

DNA Chimerism studies will be required following a sex-matched bone marrow transplant. Please submit a second CPD tube with the Donor Storage specimen, if this service is clinically indicated.
If a bone marrow transplant is sex-mismatched, FISH chimerism studies should be considered instead.

See also:

Chimerism studies

Contact Information

To contact the Molecular Haematology team please call:

Auckland City Hospital	(09) 307 4949
Lablink	ext 22000
Prof. Peter Browett (Haematologist)	ext 9090-86281
Dr. Imogen Caldwell (Haematologist)	ext 22006
Nikhil Ghallayan (Section Leader)	ext 22005
Molecular Haematology Office	ext 22005

For more information about the Molecular Haematology service at LabPLUS:

Molecular Haematology information page

Last updated at 15:36:59 07/03/2024