{"id":47094,"date":"2026-05-11T17:17:22","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T09:17:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/pathweb\/?page_id=47094"},"modified":"2026-05-12T15:05:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T07:05:20","slug":"cytopreparation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/pathweb\/cytopath\/cytopreparation\/","title":{"rendered":"Cytopreparation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2>\n\t\tCYTOPREPARATION\n\t<\/h2>\n\t<p>Here are some illustrations on various technical aspects of processing cytology material e.g. how to perform smears from aspirated FNA material.<\/p>\n<h2>\n\t\tFNA Slide Preparation\n\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/pathweb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/cytoprep.png\" alt=\"cytoprep\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"653\" width=\"2979\" title=\"cytoprep\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" id=\"fl-accordion--label-0\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"fl-accordion--panel-0\">FNA Slide Preparation and Slide Mailer Packing <\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" id=\"fl-accordion--icon-0\" tabindex=\"-1\"><i title=\"Expand\">Expand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Content created by Ng Ge Ze, Anniston Koh and Low Yi Hui<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/pathweb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/FNA-Slide-Preparation-Workflow-Chart.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>FNA Slide Preparation Workflow (PDF)<\/b><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>FNA Slide Preparation (For ROSE)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Slide Mailer Packing<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1191093871?h=912f26d6f1&amp;badge=0&amp;autopause=0&amp;player_id=0&amp;app_id=58479\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" title=\"FNA Slide Preparation (For ROSE)\"><\/iframe>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1191093732?h=481cc3d72a&amp;badge=0&amp;autopause=0&amp;player_id=0&amp;app_id=58479\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" title=\"Slide Mailer Packing\"><\/iframe>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/pathweb\/cytopath\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCytopathology Home\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/pathweb\/cytopath\/cytopreparation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCytopreparation\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/pathweb\/cytopath\/quick-approaches-cases\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tQuick Approaches and Cases\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/pathweb\/cytopath\/cyto-mystery-cases\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMystery cases\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/pathweb\/cytopath\/picture-atlas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPicture Atlas\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/pathweb\/cytopath\/sscyto\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSSC Cytoquiz\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PL2TaQ3CT3zlCdQ4ntNg3pE93krOQSrBGt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTalking cases\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CYTOPREPARATION Here are some illustrations on various technical aspects of processing cytology material e.g. how to perform smears from aspirated FNA material. 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