How to do a skin smear examination for leprosy. To help diagnose multibacillary relapse in a patient who has previously been treated. To help with the classification of new patients.
How to do a skin smear examination for leprosy. To help diagnose multibacillary relapse in a patient who has previously been treated. To help with the classification of new patients.
How to do a skin smear examination for leprosy. To help diagnose multibacillary relapse in a patient who has previously been treated. To help with the classification of new patients.
for leprosy dr.Lily Pertiwi Kalalo,SpPK Why take a skin smear?
To confirm a diagnosis of skin smear-
positive multibacillary leprosy in a suspect.
To help diagnose multibacillary relapse in
a patient who has previously been treated.
To help with the classification of new
patients. How to do a skin smear examination for leprosy Explain to the patient sk the patient to sit down and relax. !xplain what you want to do and why it is necessary. nswer any "uestions. #btain the patient$s permission to proceed and enter the details on the re"uest form. How to do a skin smear examination for leprosy
Remember: Taking a skin smear is an
invasive procedure. Wash your hands% wear gloves% and
&se sterilised e"uipment and a new blade
for each patient. 'o not take skin smears unnecessarily. How to do a skin smear examination for leprosy (reparing to take a skin smear Equipments How to do a skin smear examination for leprosy Gloves Spirit lamp
Scalpel handle and new blades Dressing strips Alkohol Swab Slide box and new slides Select the sites Take a smear from two sites only: 1. One ear lobe. 2. One lesion (most active- looking lesion, but not on the face). !ctive means raise" an" re""ish in colour. How to do a skin smear examination for leprosy # $f there is no suitable skin lesion, take the secon" smear from the other ear lobe, or from a site where active lesions were # originally recor"e" or where a %revious smear was %ositive. How to do a skin smear examination for leprosy &any %rogrammes tra"itionally took smears from four or even si' sites, but two sites are now consi"ere" a"e(uate in most cases. How to take a skin smear How to do a skin smear examination for leprosy
Wash your hands
and put on gloves. How to do a skin smear examination for leprosy Take a new% clean% unscratched microscope slide. &sing a slide marker% write the patient identification )*'+ number at the bottom of the slide This number must be on the re"uest form. How to do a skin smear examination for leprosy #Clean the skin at the smear sites with a cotton wad drenched in alcohol.Let it dry. Put a new blade on the scalpel handle. Pinch the skin firmly between your thumb and forefiner! press out the blood. How to do a skin smear examination for leprosy )kin incision about * mm long an" 2 mm "ee% #+ee% on %inching to make sure the cut remains bloo"less. $f blee"ing, wi%e the bloo" away with cotton wa". # Turn the scal%el ,-. an" hol" it at a right angle to the cut. #)cra%e insi"e the cut once or twice with the si"e of the scal%el,to collect tissue flui" an" %ul%. There shoul" be no bloo" in the s%ecimen # )to% %inching the skin an" absorb any blee"ing with a wa" of cotton. How to do a skin smear examination for leprosy # Spread the material scraped from the incision onto the slide, # on the same side as the "# number. Spread it e$enly with the # flat of the scalpel, makin a circle % mm in diameter # /ub the scal%el with a cotton wa" "renche" in alcohol. # 0ass the bla"e through the flame of the s%irit burner for 1 to 2 secon"s. # 3et it cool without touching anything. # /e%eat the ste%s above for the secon" site. # )%rea" this smear ne't to, but not touching, the first one. # 4iscar" the scal%el bla"e safely. # 4ress the woun"s an" thank the %atient. #3et the sli"e "ry for 1* min at room tem%erature. # 5i' the smears by %assing the sli"e, with the smears u%war"s, slowly through the flame of a s%irit burner, 1 times. How to do a skin smear examination for leprosy How to stain a skin smear
,tain the smears using the hot -iehl-.eelsen
method. ,tain with /0 carbol fuchsin% which colours everything red.
Wash out the stain with /0 acid-alcohol%
which removes the stain from everything except M. leprae.
1ounter-stain the slide with 2.30 methylene
blue.
The leprosy bacilli will be
seen as red rods on a blue background.
How to do a skin smear examination for leprosy Equipment How to do a skin smear examination for leprosy 1% carbol fuchsin solution 1% acidalcohol !."% meth#lene blue solution Staining How to do a skin smear examination for leprosy # filter the 16 carbol fuchsin. # 7over the whole sli"e with 16 carbol fuchsin solution (&). # 8eat the sli"e gently by hol"ing a burning s%irit lam% un"erneath it until va%our begins to rise from the carbol fuchsin ('). /e%eat this 1 times "uring a %erio" of * minutes. &ake sure the stain "oes not boil. 9ash gently un"er a running ta% ((). # /inse until the run-off water is colourles. )1+. )2+. )3+. Decolourising How to do a skin smear examination for leprosy 7over with 16 aci"-alcohol for 1- secon"s )5+. /inse gently with water )4+. Counter-staining How to do a skin smear examination for leprosy 5inse with water )7+ let the slide dry in the drying rack in an inclined position%with the smeared side downwards )+. The slide is now ready to be read. 1over with 2.30 methylene blue for /minute )!+. How to read a skin smear How to do a skin smear examination for leprosy :ou nee" a microsco%e with a 1-' eye %iece an" 1-' an" 1--' ob;ectives. )tart the e'amination using the 1-' ob;ective. immersion oil )oli" bacilli may suggest the %resence of viable organisms an" may be seen in new, untreate" cases or in rela%se cases. How to do a skin smear examination for leprosy soli"s <lobi fragmente" granuler ='amine a%%ro'imately 1-- fiel"s %er smear. >acteriological $n"e' (>$) - - bacilli in 1-- fiel"s 1? 1 @ 1- bacilli in 1-- fiel"s 2? 1 @ 1- bacilli in 1- fiel"s 1? 1 @ 1- bacilli, on average, in each fiel" 2? 1- @ 1-- bacilli, on average, in each fiel" *? 1-- @ 1--- bacilli, on average, in each fiel" A? B 1--- bacilli, on average, in each fiel" .ote6 5eport the 7* for both smears on the slide. 8or smear-positive patients% either the average 7* or the highest 7* will be taken as the 7* for that patient. "# $"or%ological #n&ex' (erbandingan 9umlah bakteri tahan asam yang utuh )solid+ berwarna merah dengan total bakteri tahan asam.
No Lokasi Pengambilan Sampel Kepadatan Ridley Solid / utuh Fragmented / granulated 1. Cuping telinga kanan + 5 30 70 2. Cuping telinga kiri + 5 25 75 3. Lengan kanan + 4 20 80 4. Lengan kiri + 4 26 74 5. Bercak tersangka + 5 35 65 Jumlah +23 136 364 Contoh perhitungan (# &an "# (eriksa kepadatan 5idley sediaan tiap lokasi Hitung /22 7T dari sediaan tiap lokasi dan catat hasilny 7acteriological *ndex : 3; 6 < : 4%= /;= >orfological *ndex : -------------- ? /220 : 3@%30 atau /;= 6 < : 3@%30 /;=A;=4