Saline wet mount for stool or stool wet mount is the simplest and basic method for study of feces and applicable in every medical laboratory even in small set up.
Saline wet mount. Histolytica Giardia lamblia and Balantidium coli and helminths larva like Strongyloides stercolaris and ovas of hookwook trichuris trichuira etc. The slide is then examined under a. Place swab in test tube with 05 cc saline and stir to create a suspension.
At the lab the sample is mixed with a saline solution and placed on a slide. Wet mount is a microscopic inspection of the sample usually emerged in saline and potassium hydroxide. Perform pelvic exam and swab cervix.
Speculum speculum lubricant speculum light cotton swab. It is done to diagnose the cause of vaginal infections. This is the wet mount.
Saline wet mounts are prepared the same way a water wet mount is prepared except instead of water of course you use a saline solution. For example saline wet mounts are the preferred method to view movements of certain protozoa during the feeding cycle stage. The smear is then examined under microscope.
The latter also checks for odor emitted from bacteria. Enterobius vermicularis female worm and eggs B. Hookworm female worm and eggs.
Saline Wet Mount In a saline wet mount test a drop of vaginal discharge is placed on a slide with 1-2 drops of 09 isotonic sodium chloride solution. Wet Mount Preparation Vaginal Wet Mount. The following fecal wet mount images are iodine stain in some high dry power 400x the large object on the left was seen on the surface of the stool the image on the far right was seen in a cellulose tape preparation.