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Peripheral Blood Smear Part 2

Blood Smear Procedure

• Fresh drops of blood are

obtained, usually following

dermal puncture

• Wipe away the first drop of

blood • The blood smear should

• Place 1 drop of blood about be smooth in appearance

1/2 inch from the frosted with no irregularities,

end of one glass slide streaks, or holes and a

• Hold the spreader slide at a feathered edge

30 to 35 angle and spread • The wedge method is the
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blood toward the opposite most common technique

end of the slide for making blood smears