RBC and WBC testing and Lab

Basic

Methylene blue of Wright stain is… and it stains acidic cellular components like DNA, blue

Acidic

Eosin of Wright stain is… and it stains basic components like Hgb or eosinophilic granules, red

HCT

measurement of ratio of volume occupied by RBC to volume of whole blood in sample

MCV

expresses the average volume of an RBC

MCH

expresses the average weight (content) of hemoglobin

MCHC

average conc of hgb in each individual RBC.

WBC

range 4.5-11.0 x 10^9/L

RBC for females

range 4.0-5.5 x 10^12/L

RBC for males

range 4.6-6.0 x 10^12/L

Hgb for males

14-18 g/dL

Hgb for females

12-15 g/dL

Hct for males

40-54%

Hct for females

35-49%

Mcv

80-100 fL

Mch

28-34 pg

mchc

32-36 g/dL

rdw

11.5-14.5%

relative retic count

0.5-2.0%

absolute retic count

25-75 x 10^9/L

Neutrophils

40-70%, 1.8-7.0 x 10^9/L

Lymphocytes

25-35%, 1.0-4.8 x 10^9/L

Monocytes

2-10%, 0.1-0.8 x 10^9/L

Eosinophils

0-5%, 0-0.4 x 10^9/L

Basophils

0-1%, 0-0.2 x 10^9/L