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CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION TO PERIPHERAL BLOOD SMEAR EXAMINATION 3
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C
FIGURE 1–1 Wedge technique of making a peripheral blood smear. A, Correct angle to
hold spreader slide. B, Blood spread across width of slide. C, Completed wedge smear.
(From Rodak BF, Fritsma GA, Keohane EM: Hematology: clinical principles and applications,
ed 4, St. Louis, 2012, Saunders.)
