Complete Blood Count with Differential

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