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 -  1                    
     Myeloblast/Promyelocyte                              0 -  1                  0                       0 -  3                           
     *[Myleblasts + Blasts not classified]                0 -  2                  0                       0 -  3                      
     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 -  5                  2                       0 -  6                      
     Metamyelocyte                                        0 -  5                  2                       0 -  7                      
     Band neutrophil                                      4 - 37                 18                       2 - 44                      
     Segmented neutrophil                                40 - 74                 60                      32 - 77                      
     *[Total neutrophils]                                70 - 85                 78                      66 - 87                      
     Eosinophil                                           0 -  4                  2                       0 -  5                      
     Basophil                                             0 -  1                  0                       0 -  2                      
     Lymphocyte                                           2 - 14                  6                       1 - 17                      
     Atypical lymphocyte                                  0 -  2                  0                       0 -  4                     
     Monocyte                                             2 - 14                  8                       0 - 15                      
     Plasma cell                                          0 -  0                  0                       0 -  0                      
     NRBC / 100 WBC                                       0 -  1                  0                       0 -  1                      

     * 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 (  7%)   Slight ( 40%) Moderate ( 51%)   MarKed (  2%)        
     Poikilocytosis                             Slight          None ( 26%)   Slight ( 60%) Moderate ( 15%)   MarKed (  0%)       
     Macrocytosis                                 None          None ( 47%)   Slight ( 36%) Moderate ( 17%)   MarKed (  0%)        
     Microcytosis                                 None          None ( 56%)   Slight ( 32%) Moderate ( 12%)   MarKed (  0%)        
     Hypochromia                                Slight          None ( 41%)   Slight ( 42%) Moderate ( 17%)   MarKed (  0%)        
     Polychromasia                              Slight          None ( 25%)   Slight ( 70%) Moderate (  4%)   MarKed (  0%)        

     Bizarre or irregular platelets             Absent                Absent( 99%)       Present(  1%)                             
     Clumped platelets                          Absent                Absent(100%)       Present(  0%)                             
     Giant platelets                            Absent                Absent( 88%)       Present( 12%)                             
     Platelet satellitosis                      Absent                Absent(100%)       Present(  0%)                             
     Auer rods                                  Absent                Absent(100%)       Present(  0%)                             
     Döhle bodies                               Absent                Absent( 63%)       Present( 37%)                             
     Hypersegmentation                          Absent                Absent(100%)       Present(  0%)                             
     Pelger Huët anomaly                        Absent                Absent( 94%)       Present(  6%)                             
     Smudge / Basket cells                      Absent                Absent( 94%)       Present(  6%)                             
     Toxic granulation                         Present                Absent( 15%)       Present( 85%)                             
     Acanthocytes                               Absent                Absent( 81%)       Present( 19%)                             
     Basophilic stippling                      Present                Absent( 19%)       Present( 81%)                           
     Blister cells (pre keratocytes)            Absent                Absent(100%)       Present(  0%)                             
     Cabot rings                                Absent                Absent(100%)       Present(  0%)                            
     Echinocytes (crenated/burr cells)          Absent                Absent( 77%)       Present( 23%)                             
     Elliptocytes                               Absent                Absent( 71%)       Present( 29%)                             
     Howell-Jolly bodies                        Absent                Absent( 98%)       Present(  2%)                            
     Pappenheimer bodies                        Absent                Absent(100%)       Present(  0%)                             
     Red cell agglutinates                      Absent                Absent(100%)       Present(  0%)                            
     Rouleaux                                   Absent                Absent( 92%)       Present(  8%)                             
     Schistocytes                               Absent                Absent( 77%)       Present( 23%)                            
     Schüffner's granules                       Absent                Absent(100%)       Present(  0%)                            
     Sickle cells (drepanocytes)                Absent                Absent(100%)       Present(  0%)                           
     Spherocytes                                Absent                Absent( 88%)       Present( 12%)                             
     Stomatocytes                               Absent                Absent( 78%)       Present( 22%)                            
     Target cells (codocytes)                   Absent                Absent( 71%)       Present( 29%)                            
     Tear drop cells (dacrocytes)              Present                Absent( 46%)       Present( 54%)                            
     Bacteria                                   Absent                Absent(100%)       Present(  0%)                             
     Fungi/yeast                                Absent                Absent(100%)       Present(  0%)                             
     Malaria/Babesiosis                         Absent                Absent(100%)       Present(  0%)                             
     Stain precipitate                          Absent                Absent( 95%)       Present(  5%)                            

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