[TRANSES] MODULE 4 Flashcards
sample needed
venous blood in an EDTA tube
Proper preanalytical considerations =
quality results
bases for rejection:
unlabeled specimen or a specimen containing
clots
appears as a small pipette with a short stem marked with graduations and bulb near the top
Thoma pipette
the neck of the pipette may be marked as either 101 (RBC) or 11 (WBC)
Thoma pipette
requires a sucking tube to facilitate the aspiration of the sample and diluting fluid
manual pipette
one of the most commonly used counting chambers
Levy hemocytometer with improved Neubauer ruling
other hemocytometers used in performing manual cell count
Rosenthal Hemocytometer
other hemocytometers used in performing manual cell count
Speirs – Levy Hemocytometer
Standard Brightfield Microscope
to visualize cells introduced into the counting chamber
– dictates the total magnifications you are to use
type of blood cells to count
Levy hemocytometer with improved Neubauer ruling
Counting chamber
Total area:
Divisions:
Distance between the counting chamber and the cover slip:
Total volume of 1 counting area:
Total area: 9 mm2
Divisions: 9 large squares (1 mm x 1 mm)
Distance between the counting chamber and the cover slip: 0.1 mm
Total volume of 1 counting area: 0.9 MM2
WBC – Corner squares
Divisions:
16 small squares (0.25 mm)
RBC – Central squares
Divisions:
25 small squares (0.04 mm2)
Rosenthal Hemocytometer
No. of counting chamber:
2
Rosenthal Hemocytometer
Total area per counting chamber:
16 mm2
Rosenthal Hemocytometer
Division 1:
16 large squares
Rosenthal Hemocytometer Division 1
Length:
Depth:
Length: 1 mm x 1 mm
Depth: 0.2 mm
Rosenthal Hemocytometer
Division 2:
16 small squares
Rosenthal Hemocytometer Division 2
Length:
Length: 0.25 mm x 0.25 mm
Speirs – Levy Hemocytometer
No. of counting chamber:
4
Speirs – Levy Hemocytometer
Total area per counting chamber:
10 mm2
Speirs – Levy Hemocytometer
Division 1:
10 large squares (arranged horizontally)
Speirs – Levy Hemocytometer Division 1
Length:
Depth:
Length: 1 mm x 1 mm
Depth: 0.2 mm
:
16 small squares
Speirs – Levy Hemocytometer Division 2
Length:
0.25 mm x 0.25 mm
involves the dilution of blood and counting the cells from a sample
of diluted blood
GENERAL PRINCIPLE OF HEMOCYTOMETRY
Counts are expressed as (?) because of the
linear dimensions of the hemocytometer.
cubic millimeters (mm3)
- isotonic and prevent coagulation of red blood cells.
RBC dilution fluids
– commonly weak acid solutions to lyse red blood cells to facilitate counting of white blood cells
WBC diluting fluids
RBC COUNT
Gower’s Solution
Hayem’s Solution
Toison’s Solution
Dacie’s Solution
Strong’s Solutions
Bethel’s Solution
Eagle’s Fluid (NSS)
WBC COUNT
2% Acetic Acid
Turk’s Solution
PLATELET COUNT
Rees and Ecker
Tripotassium EDTA
and Ammonium
Oxalate
CHARGING THE HEMOCYTOMETER
1. Discard the (?) of fluid in the pipetted.
2. Secure the (?) on top of the hemocytometer, making sure it will not be disturbed during charging.
3. Carefully fill the (?) with the sample as seen in the Figure 4.5A then allow cells to settle for 5 minutes.
- first few drops
- coverslip
- counting chambers