Preparation of blood films on slides Blood films should be made on clean glass slides. Films made on coverglasses have negligible advantages and are unsuitable for modern laboratory practice. Films may be spread by hand or by means of an…
It is possible to use manual, semiautomated or automated techniques to determine the various components of the full blood count (FBC). Manual techniques are generally low cost with regard to equipment and reagents but are labour intensive; automated techniques entail…
A number of factors affect haematological values in apparently healthy individuals. As described in Chapter 1 , these include the technique and timing of blood collection, the transport and storage of specimens, the posture of the subject when the sample…
Acknowledgement The author wishes to acknowledge the contribution of previous authors of this chapter – the late Corrine Jury, Yutaka Nagai and the late Noriyuki Tatsumi – and of Gareth Ellis, who reviewed the content of this chapter. Following an…