Forms & Resources
Specimen Collection Manual
Proper specimen handling is essential to ensuring accurate test results. Below, you'll find detailed instructions for collecting, labelling, storing and transporting specimens for IU Health laboratory testing.
Tube & Urine Charts
Tube and urine collection charts are provided for quick reference for the most commonly ordered tests. The tube charts are 11x17 size and can be downloaded and printed. These work aids are also available by calling Client Services at 317.491.6000.
Collection Containers
- CT-NG-TV-MG (PDF)
- Microbiology (PDF)
- Special Coag (PDF)
- Urine (PDF)
- 24 Hour Urine (PDF)
Order of Draw
- Blood Collection Tubes (PDF)
- Microtainer Tubes (PDF)
Critical Values
Therapeutic Ranges
STAT and Time Sensitive Test Lists
- IU Health Providers (PDF)
- Outreach Clients (PDF)
Specimen Collection Guide
Specimen Identification and Labeling
Specimen Transport
Specimen Transport (PDF)
Forms
Anatomic Pathology Requisitions
- Autopsy - Hospital (PDF)
- Autopsy - Private (PDF)
- Dermatopathology (PDF)
- General Surgical Pathology (PDF)
- Immunohistochemistry Abs (PDF)
- Molecular Pathology Patient Bill Form (PDF)
- Molecular Pathology Client Bill Form (PDF)
- Neuropathology - Muscle (PDF)
- Neuropathology - Nerve (PDF)
- Ophthalmic Pathology (PDF)
- Path Consult (PDF)
- Platelet Electron Microscopy (PDF)
- Renal Pathology (PDF)
- Urological Pathology (PDF)
- All Other Anatomic Pathology (General Form) (PDF)
Clinical Requisitions
- Allergy Testing - Foods Requisition (PDF)
- Allergy Testing - Non-Foods Requisition (PDF)
- Clinical Pathology Laboratory Test Request - Patient Bill (PDF)
- CF 139 Requisition (PDF)
- Guidelines for Manual Requisition Completion (PDF)
- Hematopathology (Bone Marrow) (PDF)
- Hematopathology (Flow Cytometry) (PDF)
- Hemostasis and Thrombosis Test Request (PDF)
- Maternal Serum Screening Requisition (PDF)
- IUAL - Cytogenetics Cancer (PDF)
- Cytogenetics Blood Laboratory - IUAL (PDF)
- Cytogenetics Prenatal Laboratory - IUAL
- Molecular Genetics Laboratory - IUAL (PDF)
- Huntington's Disease Consent Form
- Biochemical Genetics - IUAL (PDF)
- Pharmacogenomics Requisition - IUAL
- Transplant Immunology, MH-HLA Laboratory - IUAL (PDF)
- Cerner Downtime Requisition (PDF)
- Cerner Downtime STAT Requisition (PDF)
- IU Health Micro department-specific clinical requisitions for the in-house and send-out tests (PDF)