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Utility Of Peripheral Film Findings And Its Correlation With Automated Analyzer - An Audit From Tertiary Care Hospital, Sidra Asad, Imran Ahmed, Natasha Ali
Utility Of Peripheral Film Findings And Its Correlation With Automated Analyzer - An Audit From Tertiary Care Hospital, Sidra Asad, Imran Ahmed, Natasha Ali
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Background and Objective: With the advent of automated hematology analyzer, the use of traditional microscopy of blood film has become limited. The objective of our study was to determine the percentage of peripheral blood smear review in our institution in the era of automation and to identify reasons of manual review.
Materials and Methods: This was a prospective audit from January 1, 2015, to January 15, 2015. Consecutive complete blood count (CBC) samples and peripheral smear requests made up the sample size. All age groups and genders were included. CBCs were performed on Sysmex XE-5000. The variables to be analyzed …