PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Doig, Kathy
TI  - The Rationale for a Methodical Approach to Interpreting the Complete Blood Count and Its Development
AID  - 10.29074/ascls.30.3.171
DP  - 2017 Jul 01
TA  - American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science
PG  - 171--172
VI  - 30
IP  - 3
4099  - http://hwmaint.clsjournal.ascls.org/content/30/3/171.short
4100  - http://hwmaint.clsjournal.ascls.org/content/30/3/171.full
SO  - Clin Lab Sci2017 Jul 01; 30
AB  - Describe the value in using a methodical approach to interpretation of complete blood counts (CBC).Explain how a methodical approach to CBC interpretation for laboratorians differs from that used by physicians and other care providers.Using a consistent and methodical approach to interpreting results of a complete blood count can help ensure that reported results are accurate and no diagnostically significant results are overlooked. The approach presented in the Focus articles to follow was developed through observation of professionals and refined after use with hundreds of students. The approach is different than diagnostic algorithms used by care providers in that the steps aid in detection of spurious results that must be corrected before results can be reported by the laboratory.ABBREVIATIONS: CBC - complete blood count