[Histonet] AFB Stain on Cytospin Preps

[Greg Dobbin]

Good day colleagues,
We are occasionally being asked to do an acid-fast stain (Ziehl-Neelsen) on
a alcohol-fixed cytospin preparation from a cytology fluid.

Typically in Cytology, if a specimen is very bloody, we will add acetic
acid to lyse the red cells. Does anyone know if acetic acid would have any
adverse affect on the stainability of AFB organisms if present?

Thank you,
Greg

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