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 -  1                    
     *[Lymphoblasts+Blasts not classif.]                      0 -  5                  0                       0 -  1                     
     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 -  4                  0                       0 -  3                      
     Segmented neutrophil                                    24 - 38                 30                      18 - 40                      
     *[Total neutrophils]                                    25 - 39                 31                      19 - 40                      
     Eosinophil                                               0 -  3                  1                       0 -  5                      
     Basophil                                                 0 -  1                  0                       0 -  2                      
     Lymphocyte                                              26 - 65                 52                      10 - 69                      
     Atypical lymphocyte                                      0 - 30                 10                       0 - 47                      
     *[Lymphocytes+Atypical lymphocytes]                     55 - 70                 62                      50 - 74                      
     Monocyte                                                 0 -  8                  4                       0 - 10                     
     Plasma cell                                              0 -  0                  0                       0 -  0                     
     NRBC / 100 WBC                                           0 -  0                  0                       0 -  0                      

     * 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                                   None          None ( 64%)   Slight ( 35%) Moderate (  0%)   MarKed (  0%)       
    Poikilocytosis                                 None          None ( 84%)   Slight ( 16%) Moderate (  0%)   MarKed (  0%)       
    Macrocytosis                                   None          None ( 97%)   Slight (  3%) Moderate (  0%)   MarKed (  0%)       
    Microcytosis                                   None          None ( 73%)   Slight ( 19%) Moderate (  8%)   MarKed (  0%)       
    Hypochromia                                    None          None ( 98%)   Slight (  2%) Moderate (  0%)   MarKed (  0%)       
    Polychromasia                                  None          None ( 92%)   Slight (  8%) Moderate (  0%)   MarKed (  0%)        

    Bizarre or irregular platelets               Absent                Absent(100%)       Present(  0%)                             
    Clumped platelets                            Absent                Absent( 99%)       Present(  1%)                             
    Giant platelets                              Absent                Absent( 85%)       Present( 15%)                             
    Platelet satellitosis                        Absent                Absent(100%)       Present(  0%)                             
    Auer rods                                    Absent                Absent(100%)       Present(  0%)                             
    Döhle bodies                                 Absent                Absent(100%)       Present(  0%)                           
    Hypersegmentation                            Absent                Absent( 99%)       Present(  1%)                            
    Pelger Huët anomaly                          Absent                Absent(100%)       Present(  0%)                             
    Smudge / Basket cells                       Present                Absent( 28%)       Present( 72%)                           
    Toxic granulation                            Absent                Absent( 97%)       Present(  3%)                            
    Acanthocytes                                 Absent                Absent(100%)       Present(  0%)                             
    Basophilic stippling                         Absent                Absent( 99%)       Present(  1%)                             
    Blister cells (pre keratocytes)              Absent                Absent(100%)       Present(  0%)                             
    Cabot rings                                  Absent                Absent(100%)       Present(  0%)                             
    Echinocytes (crenated/burr cells)            Absent                Absent( 99%)       Present(  1%)                             
    Elliptocytes                                 Absent                Absent( 96%)       Present(  4%)                             
    Howell-Jolly bodies                          Absent                Absent(100%)       Present(  0%)                             
    Pappenheimer bodies                          Absent                Absent(100%)       Present(  0%)                            
    Red cell agglutinates                        Absent                Absent(100%)       Present(  0%)                           
    Rouleaux                                     Absent                Absent( 93%)       Present(  7%)                             
    Schistocytes                                 Absent                Absent( 99%)       Present(  1%)                             
    Schüffner's granules                         Absent                Absent(100%)       Present(  0%)                            
    Sickle cells (drepanocytes)                  Absent                Absent(100%)       Present(  0%)                            
    Spherocytes                                  Absent                Absent( 93%)       Present(  7%)                            
    Stomatocytes                                 Absent                Absent( 99%)       Present(  1%)                            
    Target cells (codocytes)                     Absent                Absent( 98%)       Present(  2%)                             
    Tear drop cells (dacrocytes)                 Absent                Absent( 95%)       Present(  5%)                             
    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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