Pathology Handbook

PLEASE NOTE: Recent changes have been made to this Test

Recent changes for vCD3CTU
Date	Field	Changed From	Changed To
11th April 2024	Preferred Specimen Type	Blood Cell Therapy Apheresis Collection	Blood Cell Therapy Apheresis Collection Cryopreserved QC
	Optional Container Type		See Under Collection Instructions
	Collection & Request Instructions	Peripheral Blood (Pre): Samples must be marked ‘Urgent’ and sent to the laboratory as soon as possible. Samples will not normally be accepted after 5pm Monday-Friday. All out-of-hours testing requires notification to the Haematology Laboratory Managers (ext 62468) Cell Therapy Apheresis (bag) collections: Samples must be marked ‘Urgent’ and sent to the laboratory as soon as possible. Samples will not normally be accepted after 5pm Monday-Friday. All out-of-hours testing requires notification to the Haematology Laboratory Managers (ext 62468) Cryopreserved QC vials: Testing is pre-arranged with Flow Cytometry Lab (ext 63616).	Peripheral Blood (Pre): Samples must be marked ‘Urgent’ and sent to the laboratory as soon as possible. Samples will not normally be accepted after 5pm Monday-Friday. All out-of-hours testing requires notification to the Haematology Laboratory Managers (ext 62468) Cell Therapy Apheresis (bag) collections: Samples must be marked ‘Urgent’ and sent to the laboratory as soon as possible. Plain collection tubes as provided by CTU. Samples will not normally be accepted after 5pm Monday-Friday. All out-of-hours testing requires notification to the Haematology Laboratory Managers (ext 62468) Cryopreserved QC vials: Testing is pre-arranged with Flow Cytometry Lab (ext 63616). QC vials as provided by CTU.

vCD3CTU

Alternative Names:

vCD3 T-cell enumeration (CTU)
Viable CD3 enumeration (CTU)

Laboratory:

Haematology

Test Code:

vCD3CTU

Specimen Types:

Blood
Cell Therapy Apheresis Collection
Cryopreserved QC

Container Types:

EDTA 3 mL
See Under Collection Instructions

Adults Volume or Mass:

1 mL

Minimum/Paediatric Volume or Mass:

1 mL

Collection & Request Instructions:

Peripheral Blood (Pre): Samples must be marked ‘Urgent’ and sent to the laboratory as soon as possible.

Samples will not normally be accepted after 5pm Monday-Friday. All out-of-hours testing requires notification to the Haematology Laboratory Managers (ext 62468)

Cell Therapy Apheresis (bag) collections: Samples must be marked ‘Urgent’ and sent to the laboratory as soon as possible. Plain collection tubes as provided by CTU.

Samples will not normally be accepted after 5pm Monday-Friday. All out-of-hours testing requires notification to the Haematology Laboratory Managers (ext 62468)

Cryopreserved QC vials: Testing is pre-arranged with Flow Cytometry Lab (ext 63616). QC vials as provided by CTU.

Transport Instructions between Sites and/or Laboratories:

Peripheral Blood: Room temperature

Cell Therapy Apheresis (bag) collections: Room temperature

Cryopreserved QC vials: Must be transported and received frozen in dry shipper

Assay Frequency:

Weekdays

Pathology Handbook

PLEASE NOTE: Recent changes have been made to this Test

Preferred Specimen Type

Optional Container Type

Collection & Request Instructions

vCD3CTU