LABORATORY ACTIVITY 9 Flashcards
RBC is (normocytic)
6-8 mm
Lower than 6 =
microcytic
Higher than 8=
macrocytic
Normal shape:
biconcave discoid
If there are spikes it can be:
acanthocytes or spur cells
Normal color of RBC:
Pink to orage or salmon pink
Normal color of Reticulocyte:
Pinkish gray or blue-gray
INCLUSIONS ● We can see
malarial parasites, basophilic stippling, howell jolly bodies, heinz bodies
PURPOSE:
1. Serve as a [?] to verify the result produced by automated analyzers.
2. Shows generalized B, problem that leads to [?]
quality control
anemia
○ Ex. you are wondering why RBC is very low so you prepared a smear and you saw that there are acanthocytes, spherocytes and other abnormal cells, so we do this to verify and to compare the results with that of the [?]
automation
○ Remember the principle of automation is [?]. So it detects using the size of the RBCs. If RBC is smaller or bigger than normal, it will not count those RBCs. Leading to low RBC count.
electrical impedance and light scattering
o Especially if there are problems in WBC and Platelets. Why? For example, we have hypersegmented WBC, so maybe it is not only a problem with the WBC but also in the RBC like [?].
anemia
o Hypersegmented WBC also exist in [?] and both of these deficiencies can cause anemia. So maybe there is a problem with the erythropoiesis of the bone marrow.
Vit. B12 deficiency and folate deficiency
o [?] are important for the maturation of RBC in the BM.
Folate and Vit. B12
o If there is decreased platelet, it is
acute ammonia
PREPARATION OF WEDGE SMEAR
● [?] drop of blood
● [?] angle for rodaks and (25-40) angle for steninger
2-3 mm
30-45
QUALITY
● Film is [?] of the slide
● [?], buller form is not allowed
● [?] edge (no dropping marks)
● Without [?]
● [?] when exposed to light
● In stain blood cell examination, we are going to read until the [?] of the stained sample.
⅔ to ¾
Finger shaped/ tongue shaped
Feathery
holes/irregularities
Rainbow
center
FACTORS AFFECTING A GOOD SMEAR
(P) Pressure
(A) Angle
(S) Size
(S) Speed
(P) Pressure
Thick:
Thin:
Decrease
Increase
(A) Angle
Thick:
Thin:
Increase
Decrease
(S) Size
Thick:
Thin:
(S) Speed
Thick:
Thin:
● Romanowsky stain (?) : primary or contrasting stain
Wright stain/ Wright Giemsa
● [?] (has many colors)
Polychrome stain
● stains RNA (acidic): [?]
Free methylene blue
● stains Hemoglobin (basic) and eosinophilic granules (basic): [?]
Free eosin or eosin y
which is negatively charged and acidic
Free eosin or eosin y
which is positively charged and basic
Free methylene blue
Thick films
EXCESSIVE BLUE STAIN
Insufficient staining time
EXCESSIVE PINK
Prolonged staining time
EXCESSIVE BLUE STAIN
Prolonged washing time
EXCESSIVE PINK
Inadequate washing
EXCESSIVE BLUE STAIN
High acidity of stain
EXCESSIVE PINK
Too high alkalinity of buffer
EXCESSIVE BLUE STAIN
Mounting coverslip before the slide is dry
EXCESSIVE PINK
You only mount a coverslip when you are going to preserve
EXCESSIVE PINK
side to side
- CROSS SECTIONAL
tail towards the head
- LONGITUDINAL METHOD
reference and the preferred method, so first vertically then horizontally
- BATTLEMENT METHOD
we are going to count three consecutive horizontal edge fields, so two fields is towards the center and two fields horizontally and two fields vertically
- HORIZONTAL EDGE
Abnormal size =
Anisocyte
Abnormal shape =
Poikilocyte
Normal color of RBC: Salmon pink (?)
normal Hb synthesis
● Decreased color w/ increased central pallor =
Hypochromic
● Increased color w/ decreased central pallor =
Hyperchromic
● Normal: central pallor
1⁄3
(failure to degrade RNA in the retic due to deficiency in Pyrimidine 59 nucleotidase
basophilic stippling
Distance from the edge of the slide
1 cm
Wright Giemsa (?)
Carbol Fuschin and Methylene Blue
a polychrome stain: has two colors staining [?]
cytoplasm and nucleus
Laboratory Activity 9: STAINED BLOOD CELL EXAMINATION
Specimen Required:
Stained blood smears (CSR Control slides)
STAINED BLOOD CELL EXAMINATION
- Using oil immersion objective, study a thin area of the blood smear. Cells must be (?).
- Examine about (?) microscopic fields and make observations of:
(?) - Report the degree of anisocytosis and/or poikilocytosis following the standard manner of reporting
as (?)
evenly distributed and
free of stain precipitates, not overlapping nor bunched together
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a. RBCs’ hemoglobin content, size, shape, and presence of inclusion bodies.
b. WBCs’ cytoplasm and nucleus
c. Platelets’ size, shape and disrtibution
- ; +1, +2, +3 or +4