Question

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During a bronchoscopy, the surgeon retrieves a small bronchial tissue specimen with a biopsy brush. The surgical technologist assisting the surgeon uses a brush to smear the microscope slide held by the circulator. 1. What is the purpose of the smear? 2. Is this procedure considered a sterile procedure? 3. What staining methods might be used for this smear? 4. Who would be responsible for performing the analysis of the specimen?

Answer 1

1.The main purpose of a smear taken from the lungs is to rule out any pulmonary tuberculosis in which patients the sputum smear shows negative results .The bronchial tissues helps in identification of any lungcancer

2.The smear taken out from a bronchial brushing are immediately placed in a microscopic slide for investigations. The slide when it is held by a circulator and the smearapplied directly are generally non sterile procedure.

3.The staining methods like Ziehl Neelsen staining

4.A pulmonary pathologist handles this specimen for anslysis