Giemsa Stain, Modified

A modified Romanowsky stain, for peripheral blood and bone marrow smears.  Also used to perform differential white blood cell counts and to study red blood cell morphology. Abnormal granulocyte, lymphocyte or monocyte cell counts may be used to facilitate the diagnosis of diseases such as leukemia or bacterial infections.  When blood films are stained using Volusol's Giemsa Stain, Modified, the nucleus and cytoplasm of white blood cells take on characteristic blue or pink coloration. The use of purified eosin and thiazine dyes minimizes lot-to-lot variation.