Specimen:

CSF

Collection Medium:

Minimum:

0.7 ml; CSF

Testing Schedule:

24 hrs/day, 7 days a week, including holidays.

Analytic Time:

24 hours (upon receipt in laboratory)

Comments:

This test only performed in conjunction with CFX (cell counts).

This test is a pathologist's examination of an air-dried wright-stained 
slide prepared on a cytospin.  The specific reason for the examination 
must be noted on the requisition.  A written interpretation by a 
pathologist is reported by computer.  Specimens suspicious for 
malignancy should be confirmed with pap stained millipore cytology or 
tissue biospy.  These slides are held in a permanent file for future 
reference.

A CSF Cell Count is necessary to order this test.

Methodology:

Wright Stain

See also:
Cell Count and Differential, CSF