NOTICE: Restrictions March and April

 Dear valued colleagues and customers,

Please kindly note the following festivity restrictions at the central laboratory of Barcelona during Easter Holiday:

- Customer Service will offer service during normal hours, with the exception of April 2nd and 5th of April. Those two days, schedule will be from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Be informed of the following additional restrictions aimed at preserving the stability of samples during these days:

Test	Non-acceptance days (both inclusive)
Microbiota	From 29th March to 5th April
Prenatal Extended Panel Test	From 31st March to 5th April
Neobona Tests	From 2nd to 5th April
Melisa Test	Not accepted until further notice
Semen Samples	From 1st to 5th April
Telomeric Length Test	From 1st to 5th April
Catalase Test	From 1st to 5th April
Superoxide Dismutase Test	From 1st to 5th April
Cytotoxic Anti Paternal Antibodies Test	Not accepted until further notice
Autologous Serum Test	Not accepted until further notice

CYTOGENETIC STUDIES: KARYOTYPE, FISH

In these most committed days, we kindly ask you to bear in mind the following stability information:

TEST	TYPE	SAMPLE	CONSERVATION / STABILITY
FISH / KARYOTYPE	Prenatal	Chorionic villus	24-48h Room Temperature   3 days refrigerated
		Amniotic fluid
		Fetal blood
		Abortive tissue
	Postnatal	Peripheral blood  Skin biopsy	24-48h Room   Temperature   4 days refrigerated (3 days skin biopsy)
	Hematological	Peripheral blood	24-48h Room  Temperature
		Bone marrow
		Biopsy
		Aspirate

Regarding to tests not included in the table of specific restrictions:

- Normal activity on Thursday 1st April.

- 2nd, 3rd April: TAT will be maintained for those test that, due to their characteristics, require urgent processing. For those test that suffer a change in processing days, we will try to respect the maximum TAT. 

Tuesday 6th April , reception and processing of samples will be normalized.

For further information, please do not hesitate to contact us.

We thank you for your understanding.