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Automated CBC Parameters and Quality Control. Joanna Ellis, MLS(ASCP). The Automated Complete Blood Count. Most common test in the Hematology lab. Main Components of the CBC: Cell counts Hgb RBC indices WBC differential absolute values and percent Indications for CBC : Fatigue
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Automated CBC Parameters and Quality Control Joanna Ellis, MLS(ASCP)
The Automated Complete Blood Count • Most common test in the Hematology lab. • Main Components of the CBC: • Cell counts • Hgb • RBC indices • WBC differential absolute values and percent • Indications for CBC: • Fatigue • Weakness • Infection • Inflammation • Bruising • Bleeding
Linearity(Reportable Range) • Instruments are calibrated for each analyte with a range that is clinically relevant. • With concentrations above or below the reportable range or Linearity range, the result does not correspond with the calibration curve in linear fashion. • Results outside of linearity are NOT acceptable. • Linearity ranges vary by instrument. • Example:
CBC Quality Control • Commercial Controls: • 3 levels (low, normal, high) • Values stored in instrument computer • Levey-Jennings graph generated and stored for each parameter • Mode to Mode QC: • Most automated hematology instruments have a primary and secondary mode of sample aspiration. Controls must be run on BOTH and correlate. • Primary=Automated or Closed • Secondary=Manual or Open • Delta Checks • When the Laboratory Information System (LIS) and the instrument are interfaced (connected) delta checks are conducted by the LIS on select parameters. • Current values compared to most previous result • Differences greater than the limits set within the LIS are flagged
References • Harmening., Denise, Clinical Hematology and Fundamentals of Hemostasis, 3rd edition, pp. 593-599. • Turgeon, Mary Louise, Clinical Hematology - Theories and Procedures, 3rd edition, pp373, 376-382. • Rodak, Bernadette, Diagnostic Hematology, 1st edition, p.605-606. • Coulter STKS Operating Manual • McKenzie, Shirlyn, Clinical Laboratory Hematology, 2nd edition,pp 813-829. • "Complete Blood Count: The Test." Lab Tests Online: Welcome! American Association for Clinical Chemistry, 18 June 2010. Web. 13 Sept. 2010. <http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/cbc /test.html#how>. • "WBC Differential Count: The Test." Lab Tests Online: Welcome! American Association for Clinical Chemistry, 18 June 2010. Web. 13 Sept. 2010.http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/dif ferential/test.html#what>.