COMPARATIVE STUDY IN THE DIAGNOSIS AND MORPHOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION OF ANAEMIA BY AUTOMATED HAEMATOLOGY ANALYZER WITH PERIPHERAL BLOOD SMEAR

Neena Kasliwal; Neha Gupta; Geeta Pachori; Alok Aggarwal; Sonia Tanwar; Kalpana Sharma

Volume : V, Issue : V, May - 2016

COMPARATIVE STUDY IN THE DIAGNOSIS AND MORPHOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION OF ANAEMIA BY AUTOMATED HAEMATOLOGY ANALYZER WITH PERIPHERAL BLOOD SMEAR

Neena Kasliwal, Neha Gupta, Geeta Pachori, Alok Aggarwal, Sonia Tanwar, Kalpana Sharma

Abstract :

Haematology coulters are widely used in labs and hospitals in both diagnostic and treatment affairs.The aim of this study is to evaluate the performance of haematology coulter in the diagnosis and morphological classification of anaemia in comparison with the traditional manual method.Five hundred blood samples obtained from anaemic patients were subjected to analysis in both methods.Results showed a non significant (p>0.05) difference between classification of anaemia using values of red blood cells, haemoglobin, mean corpuscular haemoglobin, mean corpuscular volume and Red Cell Distribution width obtained from coulter compared to those of manual method.In conclusion, peripheral blood smear examination even today cannot be totally replaced by automated haematology analyzers but the present generation of automated haematology analyzers are well on par and provide accurate morphological typing of anaemia, thus reducing the workload and thereby increasing the efficiency of a laboratory