Automated Blood Analyser: Part 7 Blood Smear

At the Leicester Royal Infirmary there is one of the biggest haematology analysers in the country. The machine is an automated, high-throughput system, but some samples may be taken off the system for manual analysis. One such test is a BLOOD FILM or BLOOD SMEAR on a glass slide, which is then stained and viewed down a microscope. This video shows you how to make the smear, discusses some different histological stains and talks about the role of the biomedical scientist in p