Tag: Smear

  • Thick Blood. Thin Smear

    Thick Blood. Thin Smear

    Indications: The examination can detect the presence in the blood of malaria parasite: Plasmodium. Principle: The realization of a thick film can concentrate the maximum noise in the minimum surface and therefore easier to detect. Technique: Levy vaccinostyle a large drop of blood from the fingertip. Placed on a slide, gout is fragmented by stirring…

  • Screening for cervical cancer

    Screening for cervical cancer

    EPIDEMIOLOGICAL BACKGROUND AND PRINCIPLES OF SCREENING: The cervical cancer represents 437,000 new cases per year worldwide and about 23 000 deaths. It is the second most common cancer after breast cancer corresponding to approximately 10% of female cancers. 80% of cases occur in developing countries, and 20% in developed countries. In France, about 3,400 cases…