HEMATOLOGY STAINS:

1) ROMANOWSKY STAIN:routine stain for peripheral smearexaminationit’s a family of stain consisting of
1) Giemsa ( best and most commonlyused)
2) leishman
3) wright
4) jennerit can stain( apart from normal cells):a) reticulocytes ( but non specific)
           b) howell jolly bodies
           c) basophilic stippling
           d) cabot rings
BUT NOT FOR ---heinz bodies
2) HEINZ- BODIES By supravital staining---methyl violet and crystal violet
3) RETICULOCYTES: Specific stains are SUPRAVITALSTAINSBEST –brilliant CRESYL BLUE ALSO used are---NEW METHYLENE BLUE