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| Polychromic stain, dyes in the stain that produce multiple colors when applied to the cell. A mixture of methylenblue and Eosin. The methyl stains the acidic structures and the Eosin stains the basic structures. |
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-Fixative methanol ( fixes the cells so they will not wash off)
- Stain, wright ( colors the cells)
- Buffer, phosphate buffer pH 6.4-6.8 ( when the actual staining takes place)
- Rinse, distilled water Di H2O ( removes precipitate) |
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the stain that is applied over live cells and no fixative used. There are two supravital stains which are:
- New Methylene blue
- Brilliant Cresyl blue |
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| Stain that is used in preforming reticulocytes count and Heinz bodies ( anemia test) |
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| The stain that aids in the diagnosis and prognosis of new leukemias |
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| The angle that the smear slide must be at |
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| The relationship between the buffer timing and the staining timing |
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| it is doubled ( buffer is double the time of the staining) |
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