(M) Week 7: CBC and other procedures I part 2 Flashcards
familiarize the reagents and equipment for blood smear
- slides
- hematological stains
- microscope
- schilling counter
what are the stains used in differential counts
- Wright’s
- Giemsa
- Leishman’s
- other romanowsky stain
Romanowsky stain’s dip method uses which reagents
a. methanol (fixative for blood smear)
b. eosin (primary stain)
c. methylene blue (secondary stain)
d. distilled water (washes out excess stain)
rack method
stains that are too acidic changes the __________ or the ____________ of the cell
appearance or morphology of the cell
rack method
stains that are too acidic changes the cell color to
bright red or pink
rack method
stains that are too basic or alkaline can appear (darker / lighter in color)
darker
rack method
what helps maintain the integrity of the blood smear
washing
what type of microscope is used for differential count
bright-field
what type of Romanowsky stain is routinely used
Wright’s
which type of Romanowsky stain is used in searching for malarial parasites
Giemsa
What causes falsely increased WBC when the patient is crying?
WBC in the marginating pool migrates to the circulating pool
familiarize the procedure
- check slide identification
- perform patient specimen orientation
- perform low power scan to review blood film adequacy
- perform diff leukocyte count
- classify 100 leukocytes using the battlement track method
- report results of the 100 cells classified as percentage
- keep separate count of nucleated RBCs
- Note and report the abnormal leukocyte morphology
- Identify and report any miscellaneous non-leukocyte abnormal cells such as endothelial cells, basket cells, or NRBCs
in what areas of the smear do we perform cell counting?
uniform monolayer of smear
What are the criteria for leukocyte identification
- cell size
- nuclear - cytoplasmic ratio
- cytoplasmic characteristics
- nuclear characteristics
what does high NC ratio mean in leukocyte identification
immature cell
(nucleus occupies most cell areas with only a small rim)
what does low NC ratio mean in leukocyte identification
mature cell
nucleus is small in relation to volume of cytoplasm
what are the three cytoplasmic characteristics
a. color of background cytoplasm
b. presence of absence of granules
c. color and size of granules
what are the nuclear characteristics
- shape
b. color
c. chromatin pattern
d. presence or absence of nucleus
neutrophil with more than 5 lobules
hypersegmented
neutrophil with less than 3 lobules
hyposegmented
sign of maturation in neutrophil
conspicuous filament / constrictioni that connects segments
an immature neutrophil (no restriction)
- c or s shaped
band neutrophil
there is a slight indentation, kidney bean-shaped with lilac granules
metamyelocyte
has fine chromatin sturcture and uniform nucleus, cytoplasm appears sky blue in color
lymphocytes
what is the sign of maturation for lymphocytes
granules
what are the sizes of lymphocytes
small, medium, and large
this WBC has frosted glass appearance, kidney bean shaped with rough nucleus
monocyte
what is the largest cell in circulation
monocyte
which has the least number among all the WBCs
basophils
WBC with highly intense granules that appear blue to black in color, may undergo degranulation (in allergic reactions)
basophil
normal reference value for WBCs from most concentrated to least concentrated
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neutrophil
lymphocyte
monocyte
eosinophil
basophil
stab/ band cell
what is the normal reference value for neutrophil
47-49
what is the normal reference value for lymphocyte
14-47
what is the normal reference value for monocyte
2-11
what is the normal reference value for eosinophil
0-7
what is the normal reference value for basophil
0-2
what is the normal reference value for stab / band cell
0-7
this provides the number of specific WBC type per cubic millimeter of blood
absolute count
T or F
relative count is more informative than absolute count
f (absolute count)
what is the formula for the absolute count
relative count (%) x WBC count
please check out the normal reference value for absolute counte
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familiarize the irregularities in blood smear preparation affecting leukocytes
- squashed / distorted lymphocytes
- accumulated white cells
- smudge cells
- disintegrated or ruptured cells
- poorly stained leukocytes
- precipitated stain