Hi all -
How do you prepare your wet mount specimens?
Have seen
adding 1-2 drops saline to the swab (ancient policies and the Dr's UpToDate ref source)- reason being you don't want to dilute the sample?
and 0.5 -1 ml of saline ( other hosp's in our organization) - reason being you don't want the cotton tip to dry out.
I also think that if you add more liquid, you get more uniform distribution of your sample.
Have asked our micro dept, but have heard nothing yet.