Elimination of instrument-driven reflex manual differential leukocyte counts: Optimization of manual blood smear review criteria in a high-volume automated hematology laboratory

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 119, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 656-662

  Lantis, Kay L ^b   Harris, R Jayne ^b   Davis, Gerald ^b   Renner, Nancy ^b   Finn, William G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Automated hematology; CBC count; Leukocyte differential count

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; CELL TYPE; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EOSINOPHILIA; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MEDICAL AUDIT; MICROSCOPY; MONOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS; AUTOMATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

AUTOMATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 85047686976     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/VH1KMV8WB7GB7R14     Document Type: Article

References (27)

1. Siekmeier R, Bierlich A, Jaross W. The white blood cell differential: three methods compared. Clin Chem Lab Med. 2001;39:432-445.
2. Swaim WR. Laboratory and clinical evaluation of white blood cell differential counts: comparison of the Coulter VCS, Technicon H-1, and 800-cell manual method. Am J Clin Pathol. 1991;95:381-388.
3. Pierre RV. Peripheral blood film review: the demise of the eyecount leukocyte differential. Clin Lab Med. 2002;22:279-297.
4. Burchert-Graeve M, Kock R. Automated leucocyte differentials in 292 patients with leucopenia: an evaluation of the Abbott CELL-DYN 3500 (CD3500) haematology analyser. Clin Lab Haematol. 1996;18:253-259.
5. Stroop DM, Triplett RC, Perrotta G, et al. Comparison of the Abbott Cell-Dyn-3000-Sl and the Coulter-Stks hematology analyzers. Ann Clin Lab Sci. 1994;24:250-258.
6. Bentley SA, Johnson A, Bishop CA. A parallel evaluation of 4 automated hematology analyzers. Am J Clin Pathol. 1993;100:626-632.
7. Ruzicka K, Veitl M, Thalhammer-Scherrer R, et al. The new hematology analyzer Sysmex XE-2100: performance evaluation of a novel white blood cell differential technology. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2001;125:391-396.
8. Buttarello M, Gadotti M, Lorenz C, et al. Evaluation of four automated hematology analyzers: a comparative study of differential counts (imprecision and inaccuracy). Am J Clin Pathol. 1992;97:345-352.
9. Fujimoto H, Sakata T, Hamaguchi Y, et al. Flow cytometric method for enumeration and classification of reactive immature granulocyte populations. Cytometry. 2000;42:371-378.
10. Hoyer JD. Leukocyte differential. Mayo Clin Proc. 1993;68:1027-1028.
11. Cornbleet J, Fernandes BJ, Miers M. Streamline your automated hematology laboratory: roundtable discussion [part 3]. MLO Med Lab Obs. 1997;29:43, 46-47.
12. Dutcher TF. Automated differentials: a strategy. Blood Cells. 1985;11:49-59.
13. Dutcher TF. Leukocyte differentials: are they worth the effort? Clin Lab Med. 1984;4:71-87.
14. Arkin CF, Medeiros LJ, Pevzner LZ, et al. The white blood cell differential: evaluation of rapid impression scanning versus the routine manual count. Am J Clin Pathol. 1987;87:628-632.
15. Hanson CA. Peripheral blood and bone marrow: morphology, counts and differentials, and reactive disorders. In: McClatchey KD, ed. Clinical Laboratory Medicine. 2nd ed. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2002:797-829.
16. Gulati GL, Alomari M, Kochar W, et al. Criteria for blood smear review. Lab Med. 2002;33:374-377.
17. Jatoi A, Jaromin R, Jennings L, et al. Using the absolute neutrophil count as a stand-alone test in a hematology/oncology clinic: an abbreviated test can be preferable. Clin Lab Manage Rev. 1998;12:256-260.
18. Gulati GL, Kocher W, Schwarting R, et al. An assessment of the Coulter Gen-S automated flagging system. Lab Med. 2001;32:310-317.
19. Houwen B. The differential cell count. Lab Hematol. 2001;7:89-100.
20. Gulati GL, Hyun BH, Ashton JK. Advances of the past decade in automated hematology. Am J Clin Pathol. 1992;98 (4 suppl 1):S11-S16.
21. Hyun BH, Gulati GL, Ashton JK. Differential leukocyte count: manual or automated, what should it be? Yonsei Med J. 1991;32:283-291.
22. Gulati GL, Hyun BH. The automated CBC: a current perspective. Hematol Oncol Clin North Am. 1994;8:593-603.
23. Novak RW. The beleaguered band count. Clin Lab Med. 1993;13:895-903.
24. Cornbleet PJ. Clinical utility of the band count. Clin Lab Med. 2002;22:101-136.
25. Birndorf NI, Pentecost JO, Coakley JR, et at. An expert system to diagnose anemia and report results directly on hematology forms. Comput Biomed Res. 1996;29:16-26.
26. Bessman JD, Gilmer PR Jr, Gardner FH. Improved classification of anemias by MCV and RDW. Am J Clin Pathol. 1983;80:322-326.
27. Cornbleet J, Fernandes BJ, Miers M. Streamline your automated hematology laboratory: roundtable discussion [part 2]. MLO Med Lab Obs. 1997;29:58-63.