Peripheral Blood Film

After venipuncture (blood collection process from patient using a syringe) the peripheral blood is collected. A drop of blood on a microscope slide can be spread evenly using a cover slip so as to create an even smear (film). The spread has to be extremely thin at the very end, so as to create a single cell layer which will allow bloods cells to be viewed under the microscope.

After the spreading on the microscope slide, the cells on the slides can be stained using various techniques, such as the Giemsa stain.

Melathron Agoniston EOKA Biomedical laboratory

During the summer (Jun-Sep), I was recruited as a Biomedical laboratory Intern in Melathron Agoniston EOKA. It was an enjoyable and fascinating experience from which I gained a lot of additional scientific knowledge and practical skills, as well as developed many interpersonal abilities.

The pictures show the main area of the laboratory, in which all the specific biomedical tests were carried out. Moreover, there are 2 additional rooms which are part of the laboratory, one of them being used as an office of the Head of the Department (Dr. Ellina-Papaphoti Georgia M.D.) and the other one used for venipuncture.