Important Note

*This test is orderable in Cerner as Surgical Pathology UVM

Please submit all surgical pathology specimens with pathology requisition. 

This test is subject to reflex testing. You have the option to decline reflex testing if you believe it is not medically necessary.

Special Tests and Procedures in Surgical Pathology

Certain procedures require special tests and need to be closely coordinated with the Surgical Pathology Laboratory.  These procedures include: open lung biopsies, needle biopsies, kidney biopsies, and any tissue requiring electron microscopy studies, enzyme histochemistry, touch imprints, or frozen sections and specimens that need to be expedited. The techniques for handling these specimens vary depending on the type of information desired by the attending physician. NCH Laboratory should be notified prior to these procedures so that the tissue is processed properly.  

If a malignancy is identified in the sample(s) received, UVMMC laboratory may conduct additional standard of care analyses/testing as outlined by the College of American Pathologists (CAP) Cancer protocols, the American Joint Commission on Cancer (AJCC) staging guidelines and/or the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) principles for pathologic review/biomarker testing guidelines for the specific tumor type.