White Blood Cell Count
Jul.22, 2009 in
Basic Hematologic Tests and Classification of Anemia
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White blood cell counts may be done either manually using a hemocytometer or with automated cell counters. The error produced by hemocytometer counts is about 4%-8% but may be higher with inexperienced personnel. Automated counters have approximately 2%-4% error. The machine has the disadvantage that WBC counts more than 100,000/mm3 become increasingly inaccurate unless a […]