Blood cells

Stained with diff-quick

 

Technique

 

Make a smear of a drop of blood and air dry

Fix in Diff-Quick solution A for 10 minutes

Dip slides 25 times in Solution B – allow slide to remain in solution B for total of 10 minutes.  Do not rinse slide

Dip slide 25 times in solution C for a total of 25 minutes

Wash with Phosphate buffered saline or distilled, deioized water

 

Permanent fixation:

Air dry slides.  Clear in Xylene and mount using synthetic mounting medium

Blood cells differentiation

Blood smear general

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General blood smear

Erythrocyte (arrow 1) and platelet (arrow 2)

 

Blood smear neutrophil

Blood smear monocyte

Blood smear eosinophils 2

Neutrophil- note the segmented nucleus

Monocyte – Large nucleus filling cell

Eosinophil- note the red granules

Basophils – look similar but with red granules

 

White blood cells are made up of the combination of Lymphocytes plus the neutrophils, monocytes, eosinophils and basophils