Yale DNA Diagnostics Laboratory FAQ

Within Yale Health Systems:

Core Laboratory
Attn: DNA Lab
55 Park Street
5th Floor
New Haven, CT 06510

Outside Yale Health Systems:

DNA Diagnostics Lab
Yale University School of Medicine
SHM I323
333 Cedar Street
New Haven, CT 06520-8005

Please contact the DNA Diagnostic lab to confirm that we have received the sample.

Samples may be delivered to the Core Laboratory or to the Diagnostic Lab (after hours, samples must be hand-delivered to the Core Laboratory).

Blood

• 1 to 5 ml preferably in EDTA (lavender tube) at room temperature
• ACD (yellow tube), Heparin (green tube)

Saliva

• Oragene kits at room temperature
• Collected per manufacturer’s instructions in the presence of a medical professional

Other Specimen Types

• Our lab can work with a variety of different samples upon request. Please contact the lab (Phone: 203-785-5745) for questions and to make special arrangements for sample types other than the ones listed above.

Upon completion of testing, results will be uploaded to the patient’s chart in EPIC or faxed to the referring provider.

Patients must contact their physician for test results; the lab only reports results of testing to the ordering physician.

No. This lab does not perform maternity or paternity testing. Please consult your medical professional with questions.

This lab will perform testing for familial variants as a “Known Familial Variant” test. When ordering please provide information on the variant of interest and, if possible, a positive control. For those ordering through EPIC, please select “Known Familial Variant (DNA LAB) (YMG)” and in the prompt fields specify the familial variant and if their family member was previously tested in our lab.