Sample Collection
- Equipment
Location Selection
Site and Patient Preparation
Collection Techniques
- Nonaspiration/fenestration collection
- Aspiration collection
- Imprint/scraping
- Tissue excision
- Brush cytology
Film Preparation
- Squash preparation
- Starfish preparation
- Paintbrush preparation
- Pull preparation
- Imprint preparation
Fluid
- Centrifuged sedimentation
- Gravitational sedimentation
- Line preparation
Staining
- Romanowsky stains
- Other stains
In-House Evaluation
-Microscope configuration
- Evaluate for Sample Adequacy
- Evaluate for a Diagnosis
Submission to a Reference Laboratory
- History and clinical findings
- Shipping
Digital Image Collection and Evaluation
Summary
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