Open AccessRapid, Economic, Acetic Acid Papanicolaou Stain (REAP): An economical, rapid, and appropriate substitute to conventional pap stain for staining cervical smears
Author(s) -
Garima Goel,
Ajay Halder,
Deepti Joshi,
Abhijith C Anil,
Neelkamal Kapoor
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of cytology/journal of cytology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.267
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 0974-5165
pISSN - 0970-9371
DOI - 10.4103/joc.joc_89_20
Subject(s) - papanicolaou stain , medicine , staining , stain , pap smears , bethesda system , papanicolaou test , gynecology , pathology , cervical cancer , cytology , cancer
The unanimous method of screening cervical cancer is a cervical smear stained with Papanicolaou stain. However, in spite of the various modifications, the staining procedure takes 20 min and uses substantial amount of alcohol which is highly priced. The aim of the study was to assess and analyze the quality of staining of cervical smears stained with Rapid Economical Acetic acid Papanicolaou (REAP) as compared to conventional pap stain in order to establish REAP as an alternative to conventional pap stain.