Differential Quik III Stain Kit (Modified Giemsa) - User Notes

Created by Karen Darley, Modified on Mon, 06 Jun 2022 at 11:44 AM by Karen Darley

Introduction  

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 microorganisms, 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 
  • Cytopreps 
  • Frozen Section 
  • Bone Marrow biopsies 
  • Blood Smears 
  • Touch preps 
  • Cytological specimens 
  • Microorganisms 


 Kit Contents 

  1. Fixative – teal 

  1. Solution I – red 

  1. Solution II – blue 

Procedure 

  1. Fixative: Frozen sections, touch preps, bone marrow biopsies and blood smears for 10 seconds in Fixative 

  1. Dip 5 times in Solution I 

  1. Dip 5 times in Solution II 

  1. Wash in Distilled water and air dry 

  1. 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 

Bacterial/Microorganisms 

Deep blue, vary in shape 

Collagen, cytoplasm & muscle 

Various shades of pink, blue, orange and yellow 



Storage and Handling 

Storage: Room Temperature 

Safety: Refer to SDS for details

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