Important Note

Buccal Swab Collection Kits are patient-collected samples that can either be mailed to the performing lab directly by the patient or dropped off at the ACC Blood Draw Collection site.

When ordering in Epic, once the patient has been provided with a colection kit, the order must be "collected" in Epic by the ordering providers office to prevent the order being discontinued by the system.  Please use the current date and a time of 00:00.

Patients should be instructed to record the actual collect date and time on the sample itself when they submit it for testing.

The performing lab should be instructed to send a copy of the results to the main lab at UVMMC.