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thin prep

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thin prep
Hematology A regionally popular term for a 'standard' peripheral blood smear, which is relatively thick at one end and thin and 'feathered' at the other. Cf Thick prep, ThinPrep™.


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What I do instead is make a thin prep on a regular slide, cover slip, and read.
Lab workers across Staffordshire, Birmingham, the Black Country and Worcestershire have converted to the latest liquid-based Thin Prep Pap Test to analyse cells from a woman's cervix.
24-26) Recently, several new methods beyond well-organized quality assurance programs, such as computer-assisted screening, thin prep method, and Autopap, have been developed and used in several large institutions.
 
 
 
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