A well Made and well Stained Smear can provide Estimates of cell count Proportions of the different types of WBC Morphology Peripheral Blood Smear Objective 1 Specimen Collection 2 Peripheral Smear Preparation ID: 223581
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Examination of Peripheral Blood SmearSlide2
A well Made and well Stained Smear can provide:
Estimates of cell count
Proportions of the different types of WBC
MorphologySlide3
Peripheral Blood Smear
Objective
1. Specimen Collection
2. Peripheral Smear Preparation
3. Staining of Peripheral Blood Smear
4. Peripheral Smear ExaminationSlide4
Specimen Collection
Venipuncture
should be collected on an EDTA Tube
EDTA liquid form preferred over the powdered form
Chelates calcium
Disodium or Tripotassium ethylenediamine tetra-acetic acidSlide5
Specimen Collection
Advantages
Many smears can be done in just a single draw
Immediate preparation of the smear is not necessary
Prevents platelet clumping on the glass slideSlide6
Specimen Collection
Disadvantages:
PLATELET SATELLITOSIS
causes pseudothrombocytopenia and pseudoleukocytosis
Cause: Platelet specific auto antibodies that reacts best at room temperatureSlide7
Specimen Collection
Platelet satellitosisSlide8
Specimen Collection
Solution
recollect specimen using Sodium Citrate in a 9:1 dilution
Correction for dilution
2.7 ml blood
0.3 ml anticoagulant
9/10 dilution is reciprocal 10/9 = 1.1
all computations for WBC and Platelet should be multiplied to 1.1Slide9
Peripheral Smear Preparation
Wedge technique
Coverslip technique
Automated Slide Making
and StainingSlide10
Peripheral Smear Preparation
Wedge technique
Easiest to master
Most convenient and most commonly used technique
Material needed
Glass slide 3 in X 1in
Beveled/chamfered edgesSlide11
Peripheral Smear PreparationSlide12
Peripheral Smear Preparation
Procedures:
Drop 2-3 mm blood at one end of the slide
Diff safe can be used
a. Easy dropping
b. Uniform dropSlide13
Peripheral Smear Preparation
Precaution: Too large drop = too thick smear
Too small drop = too thin smear
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Peripheral Smear Preparation
The pusher slide be held securely with the dominant hand in a 30-45 deg angle.
- quick, swift and smooth gliding motion to the other side of the slide creating a
wedge smearSlide15
Peripheral Smear PreparationSlide16
Peripheral Smear Preparation
Wedge Technique
Push Type wedge preparation
Pull Type wedge prepartion
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Peripheral Smear Preparation
Precautions:
Ensure that the whole drop of blood is picked up and spread
Too slow a slide push will accentuate poor leukocyte distribution, larger cells are pushed at the end of the slide
Maintain an even gentle pressure on the slide
Keep the same angle all the way to the end of the smear.
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Peripheral Smear Preparation
Precautions:
Angle correction:
1. In case of Polycythemia: high Hct angle should be lowered
- ensure that the smear made is not to thick
2. Too low Hct: Angle should be raised
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Feature of a Well Made Wedge Smear
Smear is 2/3 or ¾ the entire slide
Smear is finger shaped, very slightly rounded at the feathery edge: widest area of examination
Lateral edges of the smear visible
Smear is smooth without irregularities, holes or streaks
When held up in light: feathery edge should show rainbow appearance
Entire whole drop of blood is picked up and spreadSlide20Slide21
Peripheral Smear Preparation
Cover Slip Technique
rarely used
used for Bone marrow aspirate smears
Advantage: excellent leukocyte distribution
Disadvantage: labeling, transport, staining and storage is a problemSlide22
Peripheral Smear Preparation
22 x 27mm clean coverslip
More routinely used for bone marrow aspirate
Technique:
1. A drop of marrow aspirate is placed on top of 1 coverslip
2. Another coverslip is placed over the other allowing the aspirate to spread.
3. One is pulled over the other to create 1 thin smearsSlide23
Peripheral Smear Preparation
4. Mounted on a 3x1 inch glass slide
Precautions:
Very lgiht pressure should be applied between the index finger and the thumb
Crush preparation technique
Too much pressure causes rupture of the cells making morphologic examination impossible
Too little pressure prevents the bone spicules from spreading satisfactorily on the slideSlide24
Peripheral Smear Preparation
Automatic Slide Making and Staining
SYSMEX 1000iSlide25
Peripheral Smear Preparation
Drying of Smears
Fan
Heating pans
No breath blowing of smears – may produce crenated RBCs or develop water artifact (drying artifact)Slide26
Staining of Peripheral Blood Smear
Wright Staing Method
Automated Slide Stainers
Quick StainsSlide27
Staining of Peripheral Blood Smear
Pure Wright stain or Wright Giemsa stain
Blood smears and bone marrow aspirate
Polychrome stains: Eosin and Methylene blue stains
Purpose: see and evaluate cell morphologySlide28
Staining of Peripheral Blood Smear
Eosin + Methylene Blue =
thiazine eosinate complex
The complex will not stain any color unless a buffer is added:
0.05M sodium phosphate (pH 6.4) and aged distilled water (pH 6.4-6.8)
Methanol
is added to fix the cells on the slideSlide29
Staining of Peripheral Blood Smear
Free Methylene Blue:
- basic
- stains acidic cellular components such as RNA
Free Eosin
- acidic
- stains basic cellular components such as Hgb and eosinophilic granulesSlide30
Staining of Peripheral Blood Smear
Problem encountered during staining
Water artifact
: moth eaten RBC, heavily demarcated central pallor on the RBC surface, crenation, refractory shiny blotches on the RBCSlide31
Staining of Peripheral Blood Smear
What contributes to the problem:
humidity in the air as you air dry the slides.
Water absorbed from the humid air into the alcohol based stain
Solution:
Drying the slide as quickly as possible.
Fix with pure anhydrous methanol before staining.
Use of 20% v/v methanol Slide32
Staining of Peripheral Blood Smear
AUTOMATED SLIDE STAINERS
It takes about 5-10 minutes to stain a batch of smears
Slides are just automatically dipped in the stain in the buffer and a series of rinses
Disadvantages:
Staining process has begun, no STAT slides can be added in the batch
Aqueous solutions of stains are stable only after 3-6 hoursSlide33
Staining of Peripheral Blood Smear
HEMA-TEK STAINERSlide34
Staining of Peripheral Blood Smear
QUICK STAINS
Fast, convenient and takes about 1 minute to be accomplished
Modified Wrights-Giemsa Stain, buffer is aged distilled water
Cost effective
Disadvantage:
Quality of stains especially on color acceptance
For small laboratories and for physician’s clinic onlySlide35
Features of a well-stained PBS
Macroscopically: color should be pink to purple
Microscopically:
RCS: orange to salmon pink
WBC: nuclei is purple to blue
cytoplasm is pink to tan
granules is lilac to violet
Eosinophil: granules orange
Basophil: granules dark blue to blackSlide36
Features of a well-stained PBS
Troubleshooting:
RBC gray, WBC too dark Eosinophil granules are gray
Cause: stain or buffer is to alkaline
inadequate rinsing
Prolonged staining
heparinized sampleSlide37
Features of a well-stained PBS
Troubleshooting:
RBC too pale, WBC barely visible
Causes: Stain or buffer is too acidic
Underbuffering
Over rinsingSlide38
Peripheral Smear Examination
Macroscopic
Overall bluer color: increased blood proteins (multiple myeloma, rouleaux formation)
Grainy appearance: RBC agglutination (cold hemagglutinin diseases)
Holes: increased lipid
Blue specks at the feathery edge: Increased WBC and Platelet countsSlide39
Peripheral Smear Examination
Microscopic:
10x Objective
Assess overall quality of the smear i.e feathery edge, quality of the color, distributin of the cells and the lateral edges can be checked for WBC distribution
Snow-plow effect
: more than 4x/cells per field on the feathery edge:
Reject
Fibrin strands:
Reject
Rouleaux formation, large blast cell assessment Slide40
Peripheral Smear Examination
Microscopic:
40x Objective
Correct area where to star counting is determined
WBC estimate: internal quality controlSlide41
Peripheral Smear Examination
Microscopic:
100x Objective; OIO
Highest magnification
WBC differential countingSlide42
Peripheral Smear Examination
Optimal Assessment Area:
RBCs are uniformly and singly distributed
Few RBC are touching or overlapping
Normal biconcave appearance
200 to 250 RBC per 100x OIOSlide43
Peripheral Smear Examination
Too thin
Too thickSlide44
Performance of a White Blood Cell Differential Count
Systematic
Choose the best area for assesment
Back and forth serpentine or battlement track patters in preferredSlide45
Performance of a White Blood Cell Differential Count
100 WBCs are counted using a push down counters (Clay Admas Laboratory counters,Biovation diff counters
Accuracyof Diff Count:
Count 200 WBC if WBC>40 x 10
9
/L
Extremely low WBC counts, do the Diff count under 50X OIOSlide46
Performance of a White Blood Cell Differential Count
Extremely low WBC counts, do the Diff count under 50X OIO
Extremely low WBCs: WBC are concentrated, buffy coat smears are madeSlide47
RBC Morphology
Anisocytosis
Poikilocytosis
Cellular InclusionsSlide48
Platelet Estimate
Choose an area where RBC barely touch
No. of platelet in 10 OIO fields is counted multiplied by 20,000
Anemia or Erythrocytosis
Average No. of Plts/field x total RBC count
200 RBCs/field
(200 is the average number of RBC/field) Slide49
Summarizing WBC parameters
Total WBC counts per (WBC x 10
9
/L)
WBC differential counts are percentages
WBC differential count values expressed as actual number of each type of cell
WBC morphologySlide50
Summarizing WBC parameters
STEP 1
WBC increased : leukocytosis
WBC decreases: leukopenia
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Summarizing WBC parameters
STEP 2
Relative differential count
Cell Type
Increases
Decreases
Neutrophil
Neutrophilia
Neutropenia
Eosinophil
Eosinophilia
N/A
Basophil
Basophilia
N/A
Lymphocyte
Lymphocytosis
Lymphopenia
Monocyte
Monocytosis
MonocytopeniaSlide52
Summarizing WBC parameters
STEP 3
Absolute Cell Counts
Ex. WBC 13.6
PMNs 67
Lym 26
Eos 3
Baso 3
Mono 1
Absolute Neutrophil Count:
9.1
(NV: 2.4-8.2)
Absolute Lymphocyte Cout:
3.5
((NV: 1.4-4.0)
Absolute Monocyte Count:
0.4
(NV: 0.1-1.2)Slide53
Summarizing WBC parameters
STEP 4
Examination for immature cells
Young cells should not be seen in the peripheral blood smear
Immature cells: possess a nucleus
do not lyse during testing
can be counted as WBC and falsely elevate WBC resultsSlide54
LEFT SHIFTSlide55
Summarizing RBC Parameters
RBC Count )RBC x 10
12
/L)
Hb (g/dl)
Hct (5 or L/L)
Mean Cell Volume (MCV. Fl)
Mean Cell Hb (MCH, pg)
Mean Cell Hb Concentration (MCHC. %, g/dl)
RBC distribution
MorphologySlide56
Summarizing RBC Parameters
Step1
Examne Hb an Hct for anemia or polycythemia
If the RBC morphology is normal: Use rule of three to estimate the Hct
Step 2
MCV: to check and correlate to the morpholic apperance of the cells
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Summarizing RBC Parameters
Step 3
Examine MCHC
Describes how well the cells are filled with Hb
Hypochromic, normochromic
2 conditions when MCHC should be evaluated:
1. spherocytosis: slight elevation
2. lipemia/icterus: markedly increaseSlide58
Summarizing RBC Parameters
Step 4
Examine MCHC
Describes how well the cells are filled with Hb
Hypochromic, normochromic
2 conditions when MCHC should be evaluated:
1. spherocytosis: slight elevation
2. lipemia/icterus: markedly increaseSlide59
Summarizing RBC Parameters
Step 5
Morphology
Size
Shape
Inclusions
Young rbcs
Color
ArrangementSlide60
Summarizing Platelet Parameters
Platelet count (x 109/L)
Mean Platelet Volume MPV, fl
Morphology