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Getting started
The Basics
Reactive changes
Sources
of Error
Practice Quiz
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A complete
blood count - CBC - includes information about all of the formed elements in the
blood.
Right now, we're going to focus on the
various populations of white blood cells. The rest comes later
Before we get started on the white blood
cells, here's some food for thought regarding the complete report itself.
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The CBC is the most commonly
ordered test in medicine.
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More mistakes are made here
that cost time and money.
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Report layouts vary, so you
need to understand what's behind the numbers.
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Deals mostly with "formed" or
so-called "cellular elements."
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Can you imagine some sources of error?
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Always ask yourself, do the
results fit with the clinical situation?
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