Ann Lab Med.  2018 Jul;38(4):371-374. 10.3343/alm.2018.38.4.371.

Effects of Cold Agglutinin on the Accuracy of Complete Blood Count Results and Optimal Sample Pretreatment Protocols for Eliminating Such Effects

• Rim JH
• Chang MH
• Oh J
• Gee HY
• Kim JH
• Yoo J

• KMID: 2408078
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3343/alm.2018.38.4.371

Abstract

No abstract available.

MeSH Terms

Blood Cell Count*

Figure

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  Fig. 1 Summary of study design and comparative assay results. (A) Experimental flowchart of sample collection and measurements. In total, four samples were evaluated in nine measurements per analyzer. Thus, 16 samples in total were evaluated 36 times, on four different automated CBC analyzers. (B) Effects of storage temperature and duration on CBC parameters measured with the four analyzers. (C) Comparison of the four automated CBC analyzers applying two optimal protocols, which were (1) measuring CBC within 1 hour of storage at 37℃ and (2) measuring CBC after short-term storage at 4℃ for 1 hour and subsequent incubation at 37℃ for 1 hour.

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