MERCY MEDICAL CENTER - pSMILE

1 square - multiply by 200 . 5 small squares - multiply by 1000. For very cloudy or bloody fluids requiring a final dilution of 1/200. Dilute specimen 1:100 with saline or Isoton (0.1 ml of specimen to 9.9 diluent). From the above dilution, make an additional dilution 1:2 using the appropriate diluting reagent (0.2 ml to 0.2 diluting fluid). ................
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