The Bone Marrow Laboratory personnel are available to provide technical assistance in performance of bone marrow on inpatient areas and in the clinics.

1.) A medical technologist will come to the bedside and assist in making smears and touch preps, provide procedure supplies and will transport specimens. This service is available through the Bone Marrow Lab for all patients.

Procedure:

A. Please call the Bone Marrow Laboratory (356-2543) if possible at least one-half day before you plan on doing an inpatient procedure. Marrows can be scheduled as follows: inpatient units: 0830 - 1030 and 1300 - 1430 daily. Cancer Center Clinic: daily 0800-1530. Peds/Heme/Onc Clinic: daily. Marrows collected by 1500 assures the biopsy will be out the next day.

B. Schedule a time for the procedure to be done. Give the patient care area, the patient's name, type of work-up, and any special tests to be done (i.e. cultures, cytogenetics, immunopath, etc.) If cytogenetics are needed, request a media tube and requisition by calling the Cytogenetics Laboratory at 356-3877. Identify patients under special precautions.

C. Fill out a bone marrow examination request (0-9), all requisitions for additional samples, arrange for pre-medication if desired and obtain patient consent before the technologist arrives.

2.) Outside slides can be submitted for review. Include the slides, outside report and completed Bone Marrow Exam Requisition (0-9).

All Bone Marrow Laboratory results are displayed on IPR under the Profiles and Results tab, Anatomic Pathology. Results can be reviewed in Epic under Chart Review, AP Tab.

Material reviewed by the Bone Marrow Lab prior to the patient coming to the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics can be retrieved in IPR using the Non-UIHC tab when at the Profiles and Results, Anatomic Pathology Profile and carefully matching.