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Specimen Rejection Criteria

This standard operating procedure document provides sample rejection criteria for a biotechnology laboratory. It lists 15 possible reasons for rejecting a blood sample for CD4 enumeration, including insufficient sample quantity, clotting, missing or improper procurement information, hemolysis, samples over 24 hours old, incorrect labeling, or drawing the sample into the wrong anticoagulant tube. It also includes fields to document the patient and sample details, reason for rejection, and signatures of the recipient and rejector.

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Specimen Rejection Criteria

This standard operating procedure document provides sample rejection criteria for a biotechnology laboratory. It lists 15 possible reasons for rejecting a blood sample for CD4 enumeration, including insufficient sample quantity, clotting, missing or improper procurement information, hemolysis, samples over 24 hours old, incorrect labeling, or drawing the sample into the wrong anticoagulant tube. It also includes fields to document the patient and sample details, reason for rejection, and signatures of the recipient and rejector.

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Effective Date SOP-Number

STANDARD 02-10-2006 KCMCFLOW009


KCMC Biotechnology
OPERATING Page 1 of 1
Laboratory PROCEDURE
Title: Sample Rejection Criteria

SOP References: Supersedes:

Flow Cytometry for CD4 enumeration


Specimen Rejection Form

Date: _______________________________ Patient ID: ________________________

Sample collected by: ______________________________________________

Date and Time of collection: ____/___/_____ _______:______


dd/mm/yyyy hh : mm

Date and time received in the immunology laboratory: ____/_____/____ ____:____


dd /mm/yyyy hh :mm

Sample received by: __________________________ Sign: ___________________

Reason for rejection: (√) the applicable one


( ) Quantity Not Sufficient (QNS)
( ) Clotted specimen
( ) Lack of, or improper procurement information as listed on the sample collection form
(appendix 1)
( ) Hemolyzed blood specimen.
( ) Sample more than 24 hours old.
( ) Specimens transported on ice/ice packs.
( ) Incorrectly labeled specimen (un matching information on specimen and forms).
( ) Unlabeled specimen
( ) Specimen drawn into tube containing anticoagulant different from protocol specification
(i.e EDTA).
Sample rejected by: _____________________________ Date: _______________

Comments:
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________

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