Can you make a perfect blood smear?

A well-made blood smear is a beauty to behold, and likely to yield significant information. A poor slide is a torment. Here, the methods for making and stainingsmears are given

Blood films made on slides. (A) A well-made film. (B) An irregular patchy film on a dusty slide. (C) A film that is too thick. (D) A film that has been spread with inconsistent pressure and using an irregularly edged spreader, resulting in long tails. (E) A film made on a very greasy slide.


Wedge slide technique for preparation of a peripheral blood smear

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