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Blood collection for thick or thin blood smears
www.cdc.govMaking thick and thin blood smears . 1. Whenever possible, use separate slides for thick and thin smears. 2. Thin film (a): Bring a clean spreader slide, held at a 45° angle, toward the drop of blood on the specimen slide. 3. Thin film (b): Wait until the blood spreads along the entire width of the spreader slide. 4.
Treatment of Malaria: Guidelines for Clinicians (United ...
www.cdc.govsmears. Thick blood smears are more sensitive in detecting malaria parasites because the blood is more concentrated allowing for a greater volume of blood to be examined; however, thick smears are more difficult to read. Thin smears aid in parasite species identification and quantification. Blood films need
BLOOD SMEAR BASICS - NC State Veterinary Medicine
cvm.ncsu.eduthin smears that lack a dense body, thin monolayer and well-developed feathered edge. The leading edge may have a line of blood instead of a thin, feathered appearance from pushing the blood instead of pulling it. Often there is streaking in the smear. Linear lines arranged horizontally to the leading edge
SEED Haematology – The role of the peripheral blood smear ...
www.sysmex-europe.comBlood smears that are too thin or too thick present a prob-lem. Extremely thin smears (caused by too small a drop, too slow spreading or too low a spreader angle), may result in red blood cells (RBC) that appear as spherocytes and in- creased white blood cells (WBC), such as monocytes and neutrophils, in the tails.
MALARIA DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT & PREVENTION: BRIEF …
hr.un.orgFor microscopy, thick blood smears are more sensitive to detecting thepresence of malaria parasites while thin smears allow for better species identification. For RDTs , a list of those prequalified by WHO