Some studies have shown that two-slide cervical smears detect more abnormalities than a one-slide smear. Two smears do increase screening costs over a single-slide smear, but those costs are not double that of a single-slide examination. A two-instrument collection on a single slide increases screening time only minimally over a single instrument. Vaginal smear: Introduce an unlubricated speculum, scrape the lateral vaginal wall at the level of cervix with a spatula. The broad and flat end of Ayre’s spatula is used for this purpose. The cellular material is rapidly but gently smeared on a clean glass slide and the smears are fixed immediately. If no spatula.
