Inside a CBC

Follow a blood count from the cells through the aperture and the laser to the histograms and scattergrams, then work three specimens that fool the analyzer: platelet clumps, a cold agglutinin and nucleated red cells.

What to know first
Manual and Automated Cell Counts, Reticulocytes, and Body-Fluid Hematology
How long it takes
About 6 to 8 minutes.
What's free
The normal run and the platelet clumps open without an account. A free account opens every case.

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Inside a CBC Microscope

NormalPending

EDTA whole blood · Adult · Routine CBC

Meniscus CX-800

Follow one cell from the tube to a pulse, a curve and a count.

Pulse
Time →
RBC
090180270360Volume (fL)
PLT
0255075100Volume (fL)
WDF
SSC · internal complexity →SFL · nucleic acid →
Specimens