Has anyone experienced poor staining of bone marrow smears that were sent from
a doctor's office to a central laboratory? We have some cases of poor staining
that we are thinking may be from fume contamination from the fixative bottle.
Has anyone experienced anything of this nature? Thank you
Hi All,
It appears that air drying and then methanol fixation is the method most labs
are using on bone marrow smears. Thanks for all your help, I do appreciate all
the responses. Best Wishes
Debbie Siena HT(ASCP)QIHC
Technical Manager | StatLab Medical Products
407 Interchange St. |
Hi all. I have a pathologist complaining about naked nuclei
in his bone marrow smears. It's fairly random, some are great and
some are naked. Anyone heard of this and have any idea what
may be causing this nakedness?
Any input would be helpful.Thank you.
Sheila Haas
Laboratory Supervisor
Micro
In bone marrow smears it is caused by improper fixation. In the same way that
Cabot rings in red blood cells are caused by improper fixation with methanol.
René J.
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we are trying to do an iron stain on our bone marrow smears on the Ventana
Nexus. We are having trouble with the specimen staying on the slide. I
personally
