Performance of automated slidemakers and stainers in a working laboratory environment - routine operation and quality control
| Autor: | D. L. Brown, M. G. Gascon-Lema, Elkin Simson |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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Quality Control Pathology medicine.medical_specialty Neutrophils Clinical Biochemistry Abnormal cell Monocytes Specimen Handling Leukocyte Count Red cell morphology Humans blood cell morphology Medicine Lymphocyte Count Smudge cells Automation Laboratory WBC Clumps Blood Specimen Collection Staining and Labeling Clinical Laboratory Techniques business.industry Biochemistry (medical) automated slidemaker/stainers Routine laboratory Nucleated Red Blood Cell Original Articles Hematology General Medicine Laboratories Hospital Platelet Clumps Peripheral blood Basophils Blood Cell Count Eosinophils Peripheral blood films leukocyte differential counts business Biomedical engineering |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Laboratory Hematology |
| ISSN: | 1751-553X 1751-5521 |
| Popis: | The automated slidemaker/stainers of the four Beckman Coulter LH755 hematology systems in our laboratory are operated as analyzers, with similar requirements for setup, maintenance and quality control. A study was performed to confirm that these slide maker/stainers in routine use produce peripheral blood films that are completely satisfactory for microscopy and without cells, particularly abnormal cells, being pulled to the edges or sides of the film outside the usual working area. One hundred and thirty-nine automated blood films that had been produced during routine operation were compared with well-prepared manual films from the same patients. None of the films was unacceptable for microscopy. The distributions of normal white cell types within the counting areas of automated films compared with manual films, for all 139 samples for WBC from 1.0 to 352.8 x 10(9)/l; for blasts and promyelocytes in the 65 samples in which they occurred and for nucleated red blood cells in the 58 samples in which they occurred all fell within the expected limits of 200 cell differential counts of CLSI H20-A. Red cell morphology and the occurrence of WBC clumps, platelet clumps and smudge cells were comparable between the automated and manual films of all samples. We conclude that automated slidemaker/stainers, as typified by those of the Beckman Coulter LH755 system, are capable of producing blood films comparable with well-prepared manual films in routine laboratory use; and that the maintenance and quality control procedures used in our laboratory ensure consistent high quality performance from these systems. |
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