Sample requirements
- Sampling cards
Submitting samples on sampling cards (e.g. FTA cards) is the easiest and fastest way. Samples can be submitted to our laboratory from any country and by regular mail.
Label the sampling card with the appropriate patient identifier and drop blood on all the circled areas on the card. Make sure blood spots are dried completely before packaging.
- EDTA blood
Minimal requirement: ≥ 2 ml
- DNA sample
DNA samples, of good quality, are stable and can be send without cooling. Please, use safe lock tubes or tubes with screw caps. Make sure tubes cannot be damaged during shipment.
Minimal requirement: ≥ 0,5 μg for NGS-Panels, and ≥ 1 μg for Sanger sequencing and Repeat analysis, concentration should be above 5 ng/μl
- Buccal swab
MEWIGEN accepts buccal swab collection sets only for Sanger sequencing analysis.
- cfDNA sample
Minimal requirement: 10 ml blood in cfDNA preservation tubes, preferentially Streck Cell Free DNA BCT or Qiagen Pax gene Blood ccfDNA tubes.
These blood samples must not be frozen at any time and should be send at room temperature as soon as possible after sampling. Streck tubes are made of glass and should be handled and shipped with special care.
If you want to send other materials, please contact us beforehand.
Ordering Information
- If you’re not sure if MEWIGEN offers the appropriate test for your patient, browse our services section and choose the required analysis.
- Download the ordering form from here: Sample submission form
If you want to send your own genetic ordering forms, make sure that the following information is included: patient identifier, demographics and details about the suspected diagnosis, the test requested, what material you are about to send, the patient’s consent to the test and your contact / billing information. - Fill in the form.
- Send the signed sample submission form together with the sample to:
MEWIGEN
Gutenbergstraße 5
01307 Dresden
Germany