What is Blood film?
[[File:Blood film 01.jpg|thumb|Blood films, [[Giemsa]] stained.]] A '''blood film''' or '''peripheral blood smear''' is a thin layer of [[blood]] smeared on a microscope slide and then stained in such a way to allow the various blood cells to be examined microscopically. Blood films are usually examined to investigate disorders of the blood and, occasionally, to look for [[Apicomplexa|parasites]] within the blood such as [[malaria]] and filaria.<ref>Helmut Löffler, Johann Rastetter, Torsten Haferlach, H. Begemann: Atlas of Clinical Hematology. Springer; 6th revised ed. 2005 edition (2004) p.4 {{ISBN|354021013X}}</ref> {{clear}} ==Other websites== *[http://www.pathology.vcu.edu/education/PathLab/pages/hematopath/pbs.html How to Prepare & Interpret Peripheral Blood Smears] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130415112039/http://www.pathology.vcu.edu/education/PathLab/pages/hematopath/pbs.html |date=2013-04-15 }} ==References== <references/> {{med-stub}} [[Category:Blood]] [[Category:Medical tests]]