https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/f/nonclinical-discussions/29186/need-help-with-osces I have a couple of questions:- In the lab task for blood smear side, when would you clean the slide? Helped with leaning the vernier scale reading? finding this difficult not sure if it because I dyslexia en-USTelligent Community 10https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/163752?ContentTypeID=1Sun, 07 Feb 2016 16:53:48 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:8db54bbc-5a9b-48b4-98e3-e5d369420659Katherine Morgan <p>Are we expected to clean the slide with spirit or just a dry lint free wipe?</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/163216?ContentTypeID=1Mon, 18 Jan 2016 15:58:31 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:806ede25-05c1-4676-8a5c-3b15831499f5Emmacampbell<p>for the blood smear task you select all the equipment after putting gloves on of course, and I would clean the slide just before placing the spot of blood onto it via a capillary tube. The point of cleaning it is to&nbsp; get a good quality smear without and gross contamination. As for the center vernier scale I found it most useful to watch videos from the likes of you tube so that I could see it being done whilst getting a commentary on how it&#39;s done also. When lining up to read the scale it is useful to slightly squint your eyes, artists do this when lining up compositions, I learnt that technique at art school.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>