unit 2 - CBC

Question 1

The collection tube colour is……..

Answer 1

Purple/lavender

Question 2

The collection tube purple in colour contains………

Answer 2

Potassium salt k2 edta or k3 edta

Question 3

List 3 reasons for collection artifacts

Answer 3

1. Blood volume collected
2. Impropriety mixing with coagulation
   3.rough handlings

Question 4

List 3 storage artifacts

Answer 4

1. Age related changes:
   Platelets clumping
   Etc pg 10 lecture 2

Question 5

Stain artifacts?

Answer 5

1. Water artifacts
2. Stain precipate

Question 6

How is cbc done manually

Answer 6

It is done using a hemocytometerI t is also done by staining slides and watching them under the microscope

Question 7

List the parameters a standard Cbc contains

Answer 7

1. White blood cells.
2. Erythrocytes indices
   A.pcv (hct)
   B. Hemoglobin indices
   C. Mcv ( mean corpusculor volume
   D. Mchc ( mean corpuslar hemoglobin concentration)
   E. Rdw red cell distribution width
   F. Reticulocyte count
3. Platelet count

Question 8

RBC reference range male and female?

Answer 8

Male: 4.5- 5.9
Female: 4.1-5.1

Question 9

T or f … is blood loss anemia accompanied by decrease total protein

Answer 9

Yes