Unit 3.2 BLOOD CELL COUNT Flashcards
Numerical evaluation of formed elements of blood Estimation of the number of blood cells in a known volume of blood.
HEMOCYTOMETRY
Units used in reporting cell counts
Relative Count:
Absolute Count:
%
cells X 10^12/L; cells X 10^9/L; cells /uL
Diluting pipets:
Automatic
Non automatic
microglass capillary pipets that automatically suck in just the right amount of sample;
Automatic pipets
connected to a plastic container containing just the right amount of sample (Eg. Trenner and Unopette)
Automatic pipets
Non-automatic pipets
Thoma pipets (2BC and RBC diluting pipets)
Red
RBC pipet
White
WBC pipet
Larger bulb
RBC pipet
Smaller bulb
WBC pipet
RBC pipet vol in bulb
100
WBC pipet vol in bulb
10
Smaller bore
RBC pipet
Larger bore
WBC pipet
RBC pipet calibration
.5; 1; 101
WBC pipet calibration
.5; 1; 11
RBC pipet usual dilution
1:200
WBC pipet usual dilution
1:20
RBC pipet dilution range
1:100-1:1000
WBC pipet dilution range
1:10-1:100
WBC pipet dilution range
1:10-1:100
1:10
WBC
0.1 - 3.0
1:20
WBC
3.1 - 30.0
1:100
RBC
> 30?0
1:200
RBC
/= 100.0
A counting chamber designed for counting cells.
Hemocytometer
It consists of a thick microscope glass with a rectangular indentation that creates a chamber.
Hemocytometer