Cytology study guide

How do you prepare a cytology sample?

Some of the ways a provider can collect cytology test samples include:

1. Brushing or scraping tissue from the surface of a part of your body
2. Collecting fluid or discharge samples from your body, such as a pee sample
3. Using fine-needle aspiration to draw a fluid sample from an area in your body

How to learn cytology?

To make a cell smear or cell block, an aliquot of the sample, typically 50 mL in pleural and peritoneal fluid specimens, is centrifuged with a bench top centrifuge.
The supernatant is aspirated and the sediment is used for preparing direct cell smears or cell blocks..

What are the methods of studying cytology?

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