Cytohematology Proficiency Testing    24 March 1997

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 Cell Classification or Finding                       Expected Range       Participant Median       Participant Range**        
 ----------------------------------------------       --------------       ------------------       ------------------       
     Blast cell not classified                            0 -  0                  0                       0 -  0                      
     Myeloblast/Promyelocyte                              0 -  0                  0                       0 -  0                      
     Lymphoblast/Prolymphocyte                            0 -  0                  0                       0 -  0                      
     Monoblast/Promonocyte                                0 -  0                  0                       0 -  0                      
     Erythroblast/Pronormoblast                           0 -  0                  0                       0 -  0                      
     Lymphoma cell                                        0 -  0                  0                       0 -  0                      
     Hairy cell                                           0 -  0                  0                       0 -  0                     
     Myelocyte                                            0 -  0                  0                       0 -  0                      
     Metamyelocyte                                        0 -  0                  0                       0 -  0                      
     Band neutrophil                                      0 -  1                  0                       0 -  3                      
     Segmented neutrophil                                76 - 88                 83                      74 - 90                      
     *[Total neutrophils]                                77 - 88                 83                      75 - 90                      
     Eosinophil                                           0 -  4                  2                       0 -  5                      
     Basophil                                             0 -  4                  2                       0 -  7                      
     Lymphocyte                                           8 - 18                 12                       6 - 20                      
     Atypical lymphocyte                                  0 -  0                  0                       0 -  1                      
     Monocyte                                             0 -  2                  0                       0 -  2                      
     Plasma cell                                          0 -  0                  0                       0 -  0                      
     NRBC / 100 WBC                                       0 -  2                  0                       0 -  3                      
      
     * Obtained by combining individual results.
    ** Participant range is the central 98 percentile of all participant results.
        
Cell Classification or Finding              Expected Result                         Participant Results                           
-------------------------------------       ---------------      -----------------------------------------------------------      
    Anisocytosis                               Moderate          None (  4%)   Slight ( 23%) Moderate ( 63%)   MarKed ( 10%)        
    Poikilocytosis                               Slight          None ( 11%)   Slight ( 47%) Moderate ( 41%)   MarKed (  1%)        
    Macrocytosis                               Moderate          None (  5%)   Slight ( 11%) Moderate ( 47%)   MarKed ( 37%)      
    Microcytosis                                   None          None ( 75%)   Slight ( 20%) Moderate (  4%)   MarKed (  0%)        
    Hypochromia                                    None          None ( 58%)   Slight ( 32%) Moderate ( 10%)   MarKed (  0%)        
    Polychromasia                                Slight          None ( 23%)   Slight ( 70%) Moderate (  6%)   MarKed (  0%)        

    Bizarre or irregular platelets               Absent                Absent( 97%)       Present(  3%)                             
    Clumped platelets                            Absent                Absent( 99%)       Present(  1%)                             
    Giant platelets                              Absent                Absent( 57%)       Present( 43%)                             
    Platelet satellitosis                        Absent                Absent(100%)       Present(  0%)                             
    Auer rods                                    Absent                Absent(100%)       Present(  0%)                             
    Döhle bodies                                 Absent                Absent( 99%)       Present(  1%)                             
    Hypersegmentation                           Present                Absent(  4%)       Present( 96%)                             
    Pelger Huët anomaly                          Absent                Absent(100%)       Present(  0%)                             
    Smudge / Basket cells                        Absent                Absent( 98%)       Present(  2%)                             
    Toxic granulation                            Absent                Absent( 99%)       Present(  1%)                             
    Acanthocytes                                 Absent                Absent( 79%)       Present( 21%)                             
    Basophilic stippling                         Absent                Absent( 93%)       Present(  7%)                             
    Blister cells (pre keratocytes)              Absent                Absent( 98%)       Present(  2%)                             
    Cabot rings                                  Absent                Absent( 99%)       Present(  1%)                             
    Echinocytes (crenated/burr cells)            Absent                Absent( 57%)       Present( 43%)                             
    Elliptocytes                                 Absent                Absent( 71%)       Present( 29%)                             
    Howell-Jolly bodies                          Absent                Absent( 95%)       Present(  5%)                             
    Pappenheimer bodies                          Absent                Absent(100%)       Present(  0%)                             
    Red cell agglutinates                        Absent                Absent( 99%)       Present(  1%)                             
    Rouleaux                                     Absent                Absent( 93%)       Present(  7%)                             
    Schistocytes                                Present                Absent( 36%)       Present( 64%)                           
    Schüffner's granules                         Absent                Absent(100%)       Present(  0%)                             
    Sickle cells (drepanocytes)                  Absent                Absent(100%)       Present(  0%)                             
    Spherocytes                                  Absent                Absent( 81%)       Present( 19%)                             
    Stomatocytes                                 Absent                Absent( 96%)       Present(  4%)                             
    Target cells (codocytes)                     Absent                Absent( 74%)       Present( 26%)                           
    Tear drop cells (dacrocytes)                 Absent                Absent( 55%)       Present( 45%)                             
    Bacteria                                     Absent                Absent(100%)       Present(  0%)                            
    Fungi/yeast                                  Absent                Absent(100%)       Present(  0%)                            
    Malaria/Babesiosis                           Absent                Absent(100%)       Present(  0%)                             
    Stain precipitate                            Absent                Absent( 97%)       Present(  3%)                             

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