title: Preparation and storage of control slides for fetal hemoglobin determination by acid elution.
abstract: To simplify the reading of acid eluted blood smears for fetal hemoglobin, positive and negative controls are placed side by side on a single slide. Red blood cells having high Hb F content are stained a bright pink in contrast to cells devoid of Hb F which appear as ghost cells with a faint pink outline. A method for preparing, fixing, and short-term storing of control slides with their subsequent room temperature acid elution and staining is given.
mesh_terms: D000143:Acids; D001773:Blood Cells; D005319:Fetal Hemoglobin / Q000032:analysis*; D006452:Hemoglobinometry / Q000295:instrumentation; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D000143:Acids; D005319:Fetal Hemoglobin