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Media type:
E-Article
Title:
Cellular contamination during automatic and manual staining of cytological smears
Contributor:
Barr, W. T.;
Powell, D. E. B.;
Raffan, J. B.
Published:
BMJ, 1970
Published in:
Journal of Clinical Pathology, 23 (1970) 7, Seite 604-607
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1136/jcp.23.7.604
ISSN:
1472-4146;
0021-9746
Origination:
Footnote:
Description:
Three routine cervical smears were contaminated with adenocarcinoma cells from a malignant serous effusion which was being processed simultaneously in an automatic staining machine. Further investigation showed that cells were transferred in up to 17% of cases. However, with manual staining, the figure could be as high as 30%. The possibility of misleading cellular transfer should therefore always be considered. Serious fluids should not be processed with routine cervical smears.