| Introduction
Measuring
WBCs
Myeloid
Leukemias
Lymphoid
Leukemias
Sources
of Error
Quiz
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Sources
of error
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The biggest source of error
is not matching the results with clinical situation. Not just for the CBC,
this one'll get you for everything.
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Clerical errors.
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Right name (?), bar code (?)
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Did the results go in the wrong
chart?
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Can you really read that FAXed
copy?
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Sampling errors.
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With a clotted sample,
nothing is valid. (If you draw the blood in a syringe and then try injecting
it into the anti-coagulated tube, it'll clot every time, even if it doesn't
look it.)
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Did you draw the sample above
an IV line? Is it diluted with fluid?
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If the tubes aren't kept
rocking right up until the moment the aliquot is sent into the machine,
the cells will settle out and the aliquot won't be representative. (You
know, did the aliquot come from the cell rich end of the tube?)
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Errors of judgment.
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Is the problem with the quality
of the cellular elements?
Is the problem with the
quantity
of the cellular elements?
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