Test Overview
Direct current detection method with coincidence correction. Hemoglobin is a non-cyanide based method read photometrically at 555 nm.
Blood count analysis of WBC, RBC, Hematocrit, Hemoglobin, Platelet, and MCV in the O.R setting is useful for determining blood product usage during and immediately following surgery.
Reference ranges are available in the Sysmex XP-300 test procedure located on the POC website: https://www.pathology.med.umich.edu/point-of-care.
Reference ranges may change over time. Please refer to the original patient report when evaluating results.
* Reference ranges may change over time. Please refer to the original patient report when evaluating results.
•Specimens must be free of clots and fibrin strands.
•Leukocyte aggregation may report a falsely decreased WBC.
•Falsely increased WBCs may be caused by PLT clumps, cryoprotein,cryoglobulin, fibrin, and giant platelets.
•Samples stored at room temperature more than 4 hours may exhibit an increase in MCV. RDW-SD, HCT, and MPV, and decrease in MCHC and total WBC.
•Lipemia, icterus, cold agglutinins, RBC fragments, lyse resistant RBCs, giant platelets, abnormal plasma proteins, clumped platelets, and fibrin strands may affect test results.
Test Details
45 seconds
Specimen Requirements
Collect whole blood in EDTA tube.
Sample must be tested within 4 hours of collection.
Additional Information
For more test specific information, please refer to the test procedure found on the Michigan Medicine POC website: https://www.pathology.med.umich.edu/point-of-care