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Akinremi, TO; Nazeer, S; Tötsch, M.
Reduced alcohol use in the staining of Pap smears: a satisfactory low-cost protocol for cervical cancer screening.
Acta Cytol. 2005; 49(2):169-172
Doi: 10.1159/000326127
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- Tötsch Martin
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- OBJECTIVE: To describe a low-cost Papanicolaou staining procedure that can be applied to conventional and monolayer gynecologic preparations. STUDY DESIGN: The amount of alcohol consumed in the procedure, which normally accounts for > 80% of the cost of processing, was reduced drastically by (1) using only 1 modified cytoplasmic counterstain (EA type), thereby (2) reducing the number of alcohol rinses by over half Orange-G dye is omitted. RESULTS: The resultant effect of the modified staining protocol is quite satisfactory and attractive to screening eyes: nuclear details are sharp and crisp, while the cytoplasm contains transparent differential staining with blue-green and pink. CONCLUSION: A reduction in the cost of staining should encourage cervical cancer screening, especially in developing countries, where cost is a limiting factor, thus making it possible for more women to be screened without increasing the cost of the program.
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