EMS26096
The Differential Quik III Stain Kit is a high quality, rapid turnaround time staining kit that serves many purposes in the cost-conscious laboratory environment. The Differential Quik III Stain Kit may be used for fine needle aspirations, cytology, blood smears, bone marrow biopsies as well as bone marrow smears, touch preps, various microorgan-isms, as well as detecting the H.Pylori Microorganism. The kit contains a fixative for air-dried cell suspensions and/or touch preparation slides.
Applications:
- Fine needle aspirations
- Frozen Sections
- Blood Smears
- Cytological specimens
- Cytopreps
- Bone marrow biopsy
- Touch preps
- Microorganisms
Kit Contents:
- Fixative -Teal
- Solution I- Red/Orange
- Solution II - Blue
Storage and handling:
Storage: Room Temperature
Safety: Refer to the MSDS for details.
Procedure:
- Fixative: Fix frozen sections, touch preps, bone marrow biopsies and blood smears for 10 seconds inFixative.
- Solution I-Red: Dip 5 times in Solution I
- Solution II-Blue: Dip 5 times in Solution II
- Wash in Distilled water and air dry.
- Quickly dehydrate in 100% EtOH,then xylene and mount in a synthetic resin.
Results:
| Structure | Colour |
| Erthrocytes | Pink/yellowish red |
| Platelets | Dark blue/violet/purple granules |
| Neutrophils | Blue nucleus, pink cytoplasm, purple granules |
| Eosinophils | Blue nucleus, blue cytoplasm, red granules |
| Basophils | Dark blue purple nucleus, purple granules |
| Monocytes | Purple nucleus, light blue cytoplasm |
| Bacteria/microorganisms | Deep blue, vary in shape |
| Collagen, cytoplasm & muscle | Various shades of pink, blue, orange & yellow |