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Hematolgy Wright Giemsa 1-Step 32oz EA

• Wright and Giemsa stains are Romanowsky stains used to stain peripheral blood and bone marrow smears. The most important components of these stains are oxidized methylene blue, azure B and eosin Y dyes. The eosin Y dye stains the cytoplasm of cells an orange to pink color.
• The methylene blue and azure B dyes stain the nucleus varying shades of blue to purple. Romanowsky stains are used to perform differential white blood cell counts and to study red blood cell morphology.
• Abnormal granulocyte, lymphocyte or monocyte cell counts may be used to facilitate the diagnosis of diseases such as leukemia or bacterial infections.

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