It can be run on its own, or connected to a blood film making and staining unit.

Also used to stain the blood film and used in cytology.

It assumes a "target" configuration only when processed to obtain a blood film.

Two sorts of blood film are traditionally used.

The blood film may show fragmented red blood cells (schistocytes).

A blood film showed changes typical of oxidative haemolysis.

Evidence for hyposplenism was sought from an examinatio of the peripheral blood film in each patient.

In nine patients, the blood film had revealed target cells and of these five had high pit counts.

The thick blood film revealed the presence of M. perstans, and no other parasites were found.

Pre treatment blood films and antigen testing were negative.

These abnormal red blood cells are seen in blood films of patients with:

Of these the blood film often revealed erythrocytes with multiple pits unlike in the control group where this was unusual.

And before I have her moved I'd better take a blood film to eliminate Anthrax."

It is used for staining thin blood films in order to discover malarial parasites.

The blood film can point towards vitamin deficiency:

A blood film may show features of hyposplenism (target cells and Howell-Jolly bodies).

VIad the Dark's quiet voice broke the blood film around Holdbod's mind.

It is identified by the finding of anemia and schistocytes on light microscopy of the blood film.

None of the rapid tests are currently as sensitive as a thick blood film, nor as cheap.

P. knowlesi infection is diagnosed by examining thick and thin blood films in the same way as other malarias.

Nine patients had target cells on a blood film but none had evidence of Howell Jolly bodies.

Although a reticulocyte count was not measured as a routine, there was little evidence of polychromasia on the blood films.

The blood film examination is done by staining the blood cells with Wright's stain and looking at them under a microscope.

I enclosed the blood films carefully in a cardboard box and set off for Skeldale House to examine them under the microscope.

Figure 2 shows the blood film of the patient with the highest number of pits when viewed under differential interference contrast microscopy.