title: Comparative study of blood cell staining with wright-giemsa stain, field stain, and a new modified stain.
abstract: Routine staining of blood films usually entails staining with Wright-Giemsa stain; however, some modifications of the standard Wright-Giemsa stain have been performed. The field stain or dip method is an example of these modifications. The authors created a new modification of Wright-Giemsa stain and performed a study to compare our modified stain with Wright-Giemsa stain and field stain. Three experts in microscopy were used in performing this comparative study. The average grading score from each stain method from all 3 experts was set as a basic parameter for comparison. We found that the field stain, which was created for field work, had a lower grading score in staining than the other 2 staining methods in many studied aspects (analysis of variance test, P < .05). In addition, we can demonstrate that the 3 experts presented similar decisions on the blood smear evaluation. Conclusively, we found that our modified method can give staining results similar to the standard Wright-Giemsa stain. In addition, our modification can decrease the staining time.
authors.forename: Sunee
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Teerasaksilp
authors.forename: Viroj
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Wiwanitkit
authors.forename: Prapapun
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lekngam
mesh_terms: D001773:Blood Cells / Q000166:cytology*; D004396:Coloring Agents; D006801:Humans; D008853:Microscopy / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D004396:Coloring Agents