Method Name
Flow Cytometry
Aliases
Complete Blood Count With Differential; CBC With Diff; CBC With Autodiff; CBC With Manual Differential, CBC W/autodiff
Specimen Required
one lavender top tube
Specimen Minimum Volume
1.0 mL of blood
Specimen Stability Information
24 hours at room temperature or 48 hours refrigerated. If specimens are going to reach the laboratory more than 8 hours after collection, storage at refrigerated temperatures is recommended.
Special Instructions
Includes the following parameters: White blood cell count, red blood cell count, hemoglobin, hematrocrit, red cell indices, platelet count, neutrophil %, lymphocyte %, monocyte %, eosinophil % and basophil %. If any abnormal populations are identified by flow cytometry, a manual differential is automatically performed.
Performing Laboratory
As ordered. Turn around time is 4 hours.
Reference Values
See report