All of the Following Steps Should Be Used to Prepare

question 25

Multiple Choice

All of the following steps should be used to prepare a smear from thick, granular, or mucoid materials except:

• A)place a portion of the sample on the labeled slide, and press a second slide onto the sample to flatten or crush the components.
• B)once the material is flattened and sufficiently thinned, pull the glass slides smoothly away from each other to produce two smears.
• C)take an additional swab and rub it back and forth on the two glass slides to ensure the material is thin enough to read once it is stained.
• D)if the material is still too thick, repeat the first three steps with another (third) glass slide.

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