Automatic gram-staining with the microstainer Ii
Burdash, N.M.; West, M.E.; Bannister, E.R.
Health Laboratory Science 13(1): 20-22
1976
ISSN/ISBN: 0017-9035 PMID: 57106 Document Number: 99666
A comparison was made between the Microstainer II, an automatic staining machine, and the traditional, manual gram-staining method using clinical material and known organisms in a double blind study. Gram-reactions were in agreement with 98.4% of the organisms. The machine-stained microorganisms were generally found to be of the same or better quality than manually-stained organisms. Transfer of bacteria from slide to slide or smear to smear was not a significant problem. The Microstainer II would appear to be a useful addition to the large volume bacteriology laboratory.