PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - W. T. Barr
AU  - D. E. B. Powell
AU  - J. B. Raffan
TI  - Cellular contamination during automatic and manual staining of cytological smears
AID  - 10.1136/jcp.23.7.604
DP  - 1970 Oct 01
TA  - Journal of Clinical Pathology
PG  - 604--607
VI  - 23
IP  - 7
4099  - http://jcp.bmj.com/content/23/7/604.short
4100  - http://jcp.bmj.com/content/23/7/604.full
SO  - J Clin Pathol1970 Oct 01; 23
AB  - Three routine cervical smears were contaminated with adenocarcinoma cells from a malignant serous effusion which was being processed simultaneously in an automatic staining machine. Further investigation showed that cells were transferred in up to 17% of cases. However, with manual staining, the figure could be as high as 30%. The possibility of misleading cellular transfer should therefore always be considered. Serious fluids should not be processed with routine cervical smears.