MAKING AND STAINING BLOOD SMEARS

ReliOn makes a finger puncturing devices, they call it "lancet",  for their diabetes monitoring devices.
Most drug stores and Walmart sells the lancet by it self.
If you are going to puncture your finger, to obtein a blood drop to make a slide, I recomment using a lancet.

Here is a link to a PDF document describing how to make and stain a blood smear on a microscope slide.

Making and staining blood smears

My favorite blood stain is "Wright-Giemsa-Fucillo".
However, for some strange reason (or hidden motive), it is no longer available from Amazon.
And the website, of the company that made it, has disappeared.

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