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199 official documents and guidelines - ISO, ASTM, OECD, ISTA, WOAH, EPPO, pharmacopoeias, EU law and clinical societies - mapped to the stains and methods that follow them.

Official documentBest practice (no single official standard)

Agriculture soil microbiology & apiculture 7 documents
Animal feed & pet food ingredient microscopy 1 documents
Aquaculture & fisheries diagnostics 2 documents
Chemical & analytical laboratories 8 documents
Construction materials & civil engineering 11 documents
Cosmetics & personal care 10 documents
Cultural heritage conservation & security documents 6 documents
Education biosafety & hygiene monitoring 11 documents
Environmental water wastewater & soil testing 24 documents
Food dairy beverages brewing & honey 27 documents
Forensic science & legal investigation 6 documents
Human (Clinical) 66 documents

  • 2017 International Consensus on ANCA testing (Bossuyt et al.) - antigen-specific immunoassay first, IIF supplementary

    ANCA IIF

  • ACR synovial fluid classes; EULAR gout 2016 and CPPD 2011 (compensated polarised light microscopy)

    Synovial Fluid

  • ASCO/CAP ER & PR testing guideline (2020); ASCO/CAP HER2 guideline (2018, 2023 update incl. HER2-low/ultralow); International Ki-67 in Breast Cancer Working Group (2021); St Gallen surrogate subtypes

    Breast ER/PR/HER2

  • ASM / CLSI M54 - direct microscopy for fungi

    KOH

  • ASM Clinical Microbiology Procedures Handbook; WHO STI laboratory manual (2023) - vaginal wet mount, Amsel criteria

    Wet Mount

  • ASM Clinical Virology Manual; CLSI M41 (Viral culture); WHO Laboratory Biosafety Manual (4th ed.)

    Virus DFA

  • ASM Manual of Clinical Microbiology; CDC STI Treatment Guidelines 2021 (confirm by NAAT); Tzanck smear is not type-specific

    Tzanck

  • ASM Manual of Clinical Microbiology; EBV serological profile interpretation (VCA, EA, EBNA)

    EBV IFA

  • ASM Microbe Library standard protocol

    Spore

  • Bancroft's - epithelial mucin & Cryptococcus capsule

    Mucicarmine

  • Bancroft's Theory & Practice of Histological Techniques; IDSA fungal guidance

    PAS

  • CAP Cancer Protocols / ICCR datasets; WHO Classification of Tumours (5th ed.)

    H&E

  • CDC DPDx / ASM - modified acid-fast for coccidian parasites & Nocardia

    Kinyoun

  • CLSI H44-A2 / ICSH supravital reticulocyte counting

    Retic

  • CLSI M35-A2 / ASM Clinical Microbiology Procedures; Nugent 1991 scoring

    Gram

  • CLSI M54 (2nd ed., 2021) fungal direct microscopy; ASM Clinical Microbiology Procedures Handbook; IDSA / ESCMID-ECMM fungal guidelines

    Calcofluor White

  • EADV S2k guideline on bullous pemphigoid (2022); epidermal (roof) vs dermal (floor) binding

    Salt-Split IIF

  • EADV S2k guideline on pemphigus (2020) and bullous pemphigoid (2022); perilesional biopsy in Michel's medium

    Skin DIF

  • ERS guideline for diagnosis of primary ciliary dyskinesia (2017); BEAT-PCD international consensus on ciliary TEM (Shoemark et al., 2020)

    Cilia TEM

  • ESMO Clinical Practice Guideline - Cancer of Unknown Primary (2023); NCCN Occult Primary; ICCR datasets; CAP cancer protocols

    Carcinoma/CUP IHC

  • ESPGHAN 2020 coeliac disease guideline; ACG Clinical Guideline: Coeliac Disease (2023); BSG guideline

    EMA IIF

  • EULAR/ACR 2019 SLE classification; highly specific confirmatory anti-dsDNA assay

    Crithidia

  • For fluids without a dedicated reporting system (hydrocele, cyst, drain, nipple discharge): descriptive categories; cell block & ancillary studies per ICCR / CAP cytology protocols

    Fluid Cytology General

  • Hazelton & Gelderblom, Emerg Infect Dis 2003 (EM for rapid viral diagnosis); Biel & Gelderblom, J Clin Virol; WHO Laboratory Biosafety Manual (4th ed.)

    Negative Stain EM

  • IAC Yokohama System for Reporting Breast Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy Cytopathology (2020); triple test (clinical, imaging, cytology); BI-RADS 5th ed.

    Breast FNA

  • IAIHG simplified criteria for autoimmune hepatitis (2008); EASL Clinical Practice Guidelines: autoimmune hepatitis (2015) and PBC (2017)

    Liver Ab IIF

  • ICAP International Consensus on ANA Patterns (anapatterns.org); EULAR/ACR 2019 SLE criteria (ANA >=1:80); ACR position statement on ANA testing

    ANA IIF

  • ICSH 2008 bone marrow guideline; Gale iron grading; WHO MDS-RS criteria

    Perls

  • ICSH 2014 recommendations for RBC morphology grading; CLSI H20-A2 differential

    Leishman

  • ICSH bone marrow specimen & report standards (2008); WHO 2022 / EUMNET reticulin (MF-0 to MF-3), collagen and osteosclerosis grading; IMWG 2014; WHO systemic mastocytosis criteria

    Bone Marrow Trephine

  • ICSH guidelines for the standardisation of bone marrow specimens and reports (2008); WHO Haematolymphoid Tumours 5th ed. (2022); ICC 2022; IMWG 2014

    Bone Marrow Aspirate

  • ICSH integrated bone marrow report (2008); WHO Haematolymphoid Tumours 5th ed. (2022); ICC 2022; IMWG 2014

    Bone Marrow Combined

  • IDSA / ESCMID fungal histopathology; WHO Fungal Priority Pathogens

    GMS

  • IDSA bacterial meningitis 2004; ESCMID 2016; age-specific CSF reference ranges; traumatic tap correction. No international CSF cytology category system - descriptive reporting

    CSF Analysis

  • IDSA Cryptococcal disease guideline; WHO 2022 cryptococcal guidelines

    India Ink

  • Immuno-EM best practice (Griffiths; Tokuyasu cryosection method); LR White / Lowicryl embedding; antibody validation per IHC good practice

    Immunogold EM

  • International System for Reporting Serous Fluid Cytopathology (ISRSFC 2020, IAC-ASC) - serous fluids only: pleural, peritoneal (ascitic / washing), pericardial; BTS pleural guideline 2023

    Pap - Serous Fluid

  • ISA Nomenclature Committee / Bancroft's - polarized light apple-green birefringence

    Congo Red

  • Larone's Medically Important Fungi (7th ed.) identification criteria

    LPCB

  • METAVIR / Ishak liver fibrosis staging; AASLD

    Trichrome

  • Renal Pathology Society recommendations for renal biopsy EM; Reynolds lead citrate (1963); glutaraldehyde-osmium processing per ASM / RPS practice

    Diagnostic TEM

  • Renal Pathology Society; ISN/RPS lupus nephritis classification (2018 revision); Oxford MEST-C for IgA nephropathy

    Renal IF

  • The Bethesda System for Reporting Cervical Cytology, 3rd ed. (2014)

    Pap - Cervical Smear

  • The Bethesda System for Reporting Thyroid Cytopathology, 3rd ed. (2023); ACR TI-RADS 2017

    Thyroid FNA

  • The Milan System for Reporting Salivary Gland Cytopathology, 2nd ed. (2023) - ASC / IAC; WHO Head & Neck Tumours (5th ed.)

    Salivary FNA

  • The Paris System for Reporting Urinary Cytology, 2nd ed. (2022) - ASC / IAC

    Urine Cytology

  • The Sydney System for the Performance, Classification and Reporting of Lymph Node FNA Cytopathology (IAC 2020); WHO Classification of Haematolymphoid Tumours (5th ed.)

    Lymph Node FNA

  • Updated Sydney System for gastritis (1996); OLGA staging

    H. pylori

  • WHO / European Consensus bone marrow fibrosis grading (MF-0 to MF-3)

    Reticulin

  • WHO / NLEP - Ridley Bacteriological Index & Morphological Index

    Fite

  • WHO / NTEP (RNTCP) AFB smear grading - IUATLD scale

    ZN

  • WHO Basic Malaria Microscopy (2010) & Malaria Microscopy QA Manual v2; WHO LD body density

    Giemsa

  • WHO Bench Aids for the Diagnosis of Intestinal Parasites (2019); CDC DPDx; ICMR SOP stool examination

    Stool R/M

  • WHO Classification of Haematolymphoid Tumours (5th ed.) - >=3% blast positivity

    MPO/SBB

  • WHO Classification of Haematolymphoid Tumours, 5th ed. (2022); ICC 2022; Hans algorithm (2004) for DLBCL cell of origin

    Lymphoma IHC

  • WHO Classification of Soft Tissue & Bone Tumours, 5th ed. (2020); WHO Skin Tumours, 5th ed.; CAP melanoma & soft tissue protocols

    Tumour IHC

  • WHO Classification of Tumours / CAP; CMV, HSV, adenovirus, HPV and polyomavirus IHC or ISH confirmation per ASM and CAP practice

    Viral Inclusions

  • WHO HIV guidelines (advanced disease: CD4 <200 cells/uL); NACO India CD4 testing guidelines; CDC/ICSH single-platform counting

    CD4/CD8 Subsets

  • WHO Laboratory Manual for Diphtheria (2021)

    Albert

  • WHO Laboratory Techniques in Rabies (5th ed., 2018); WHO Expert Consultation on Rabies TRS 1012 (2018)

    Rabies DFA

  • WHO LED fluorescence microscopy grading (2011) / IUATLD

    Auramine

  • WHO Reporting System for Lung Cytopathology (IAC-IARC-WHO, 2022); ATS BAL cellular analysis 2012

    BAL / Sputum Cytology

  • WHO Reporting System for Pancreaticobiliary Cytopathology (IAC-IARC-WHO, 2022); WHO Digestive System Tumours (5th ed.)

    Pancreatobiliary Cytology

  • WHO Reporting System for Soft Tissue Cytopathology (IAC-IARC-WHO, 2023); WHO Soft Tissue & Bone Tumours (5th ed.)

    Soft Tissue FNA

  • WHO-HAEM5 (2022); ICSH guidelines for bone marrow; Bain - Leukaemia Diagnosis (cytochemistry); FAB criteria (historical)

    Leukaemia Cyto

  • WHO-HAEM5 & ICC 2022 lineage assignment (incl. MPAL); EuroFlow ALOT/AML panels; ICSH-ICCS 2006 consensus

    Leukaemia Flow
Materials science electronics & nondestructive testing 23 documents
Mining geology petroleum & coal 12 documents
Packaging & container integrity 2 documents
Pharmaceuticals biopharma cell therapies & medical devices 22 documents
Plant health seed testing & plant research 11 documents
Regulatory toxicology & chemical safety laboratories 12 documents
Shipping & ballast water treatment testing 3 documents
Textiles leather dyes & coatings 12 documents
Veterinary & animal health 13 documents
Wood pulp & paper 15 documents

STAINIC summarises the reporting elements of these documents; it does not reproduce them or certify compliance. Always use the current edition, the manufacturer's instructions and your validated SOP.

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