Cytology specimen

Cytology specimen

Samples for cytology can be smeared immediately onto glass slides, fixed (usually in alcohol) or air dried and stained imme diately or later. The process usually produces several slides, some of which are stained with a Papanicolaou (Pap) stain and some with another method such as May–Grünwald–Giemsa (MGG), H&E or Romanowsky ( Figure 11.9 ). Liquid-based thin-layer technology is now r eplacing older methods. For liquid-based cytology , the sampling device is usually washed in a liquid medium and the material obtained is then processed in the laboratory using purpose-built equipment. Cytology specimen

Samples for cytology can be smeared immediately onto glass slides, fixed (usually in alcohol) or air dried and stained imme diately or later. The process usually produces several slides, some of which are stained with a Papanicolaou (Pap) stain and some with another method such as May–Grünwald–Giemsa (MGG), H&E or Romanowsky ( Figure 11.9 ). Liquid-based thin-layer technology is now r eplacing older methods. For liquid-based cytology , the sampling device is usually washed in a liquid medium and the material obtained is then processed in the laboratory using purpose-built equipment. Cytology specimen

Samples for cytology can be smeared immediately onto glass slides, fixed (usually in alcohol) or air dried and stained imme diately or later. The process usually produces several slides, some of which are stained with a Papanicolaou (Pap) stain and some with another method such as May–Grünwald–Giemsa (MGG), H&E or Romanowsky ( Figure 11.9 ). Liquid-based thin-layer technology is now r eplacing older methods. For liquid-based cytology , the sampling device is usually washed in a liquid medium and the material obtained is then processed in the laboratory using purpose-built equipment.