Cytopreparation: Principles & Practice by Gary W. Gill fills a long-standing need for an
easy-to-use and authoritative manual on the fundamentals of cytopreparation up-to-and-
including microscopy screening and data analysis. The text describes in phenomenological
terms the most common materials and methods of specimen collection through mounting for gyn
non-gyn and FNA specimens as well as the underlying mechanistic bases. The author provides
his expertise and information that will empower and enable readers to review and improve their
laboratories' cytopreparatory techniques as they apply to the vast majority of specimens. This
unique volume provides facts that are not readily available anywhere. Cytopreparation:
Principles & Practice is intended for everyone associated with and involved in making
cytologic preparations that are useful for their intended purpose. It will serve as a valuable
reference tool for educators in cytology and histology cytotechnology and histotechnology
students cytotechnologists cytopreparatory technicians cytopathologists anatomical clinical
pathologists pathology residents and cytopathology fellows.
