[Histonet] Giemsa - smears vs. paraffin sections
Cameron, Elizabeth
ecameron1 <@t> midcoasthealth.com
Wed Dec 31 08:56:52 CST 2014
Happy New Year, Histonetters!
I have always been taught that a Wright-Giemsa stain was strictly for smears, and a different modification (i.e. May-Grunwald) should be used for tissues. I was recently asked what the reasoning was, and to be honest I am not sure. I understand that tissue stains differently from smears, and I would imagine timing would be different, but is there a reason the solutions are different? Very curious.
Thanks!
-Liz
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