EVALUATION OF COLOURLESS CLEAR FINGERNAIL POLISH MATERIAL AS A PERMANENT MOUNTING MEDIUMEVALUATION OF COLOURLESS CLEAR FINGERNAIL POLISH MATERIAL AS A PERMANENT MOUNTING MEDIUM

Abdul Satar Al-Janaby, Shahrazad

	EVALUATION OF COLOURLESS CLEAR FINGERNAIL POLISH MATERIAL AS A PERMANENT MOUNTING MEDIUMEVALUATION OF COLOURLESS CLEAR FINGERNAIL POLISH MATERIAL AS A PERMANENT MOUNTING MEDIUM
AL-TAQANI
Article 1, Volume 19, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 122-129
Author
Shahrazad Abdul Satar Al-Janaby
Abstract
Within 7 years, 88 slides have been followed up and studied by macroscopic and microscopic examinations to evalute the material of colourless clear finger nail polish (local and foreign brands),as a permanent mounting medium for microscopic slides. These slides were divided into 4 equal groups and these groups were different from each other in the types of their stained smears which were fixed on these slides, the slides of each group were unified with the type of stained smears. All smears were mounted with the material under study, 10 slides for each brands, and 2 control slides mounted with Canada balsam.. The results of this study revealed that 100% was the incidence of slides which showed the following characteristics: Stable colouration of cells and other structures in the stained smears, the mounting medium remains colourless, no morphological changes in the cells and other structures, and no precepitates. While 90.5% was the incidence of slides which show stability against air bubbles formation. The material of both brands show similar results. In conclusion, material of olourless clear fingernail polish (local and foreign brands) ,is recommended for use as permanent mounting medium for microscopic slides.
Keywords
Fingernail polish; permanent mounting medium

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