Cytohematology Proficiency Testing    12 March 2001
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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 -  3                  0                       0 -  4                      
Segmented neutrophil                           35 - 52                 43                      32 - 56                      
*[Total neutrophils]                           36 - 52                 44                      32 - 56                      
Eosinophil                                      1 -  5                  3                       0 -  6                      
Basophil                                        0 -  1                  0                       0 -  3                      
Lymphocyte                                     37 - 54                 46                      26 - 58                      
Atypical lymphocyte                             0 -  2                  0                       0 - 10                      
Monocyte                                        2 - 10                  5                       0 - 11                      
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 ( 76%)   Slight ( 24%) Moderate (  0%)   MarKed (  0%)        
Poikilocytosis                           	None          None ( 90%)   Slight ( 10%) Moderate (  0%)   MarKed (  0%)        
Macrocytosis                             	None          None ( 97%)   Slight (  3%) Moderate (  0%)   MarKed (  0%)        
Microcytosis                             	None          None ( 96%)   Slight (  4%) Moderate (  0%)   MarKed (  0%)        
Hypochromia                                     None          None ( 76%)   Slight ( 20%) Moderate (  3%)   MarKed (  0%)        
Polychromasia                                   None          None ( 98%)   Slight (  2%) Moderate (  0%)   MarKed (  0%)        
Bizarre or irregular platelets             	Absent                Absent( 99%)       Present(  1%)                             
Clumped platelets                               Absent                Absent( 99%)       Present(  1%)                             
Giant platelets                                 Absent                Absent( 81%)       Present( 19%)                             
Platelet satellitosis                           Absent                Absent(100%)       Present(  0%)                             
Auer rods                                       Absent                Absent(100%)       Present(  0%)                             
Döhle bodies                                    Absent                Absent(100%)       Present(  0%)                             
Hypersegmentation                               Absent                Absent( 98%)       Present(  2%)                             
Pelger Huët anomaly                             Absent                Absent(100%)       Present(  0%)                             
Smudge / Basket cells                           Absent                Absent( 96%)       Present(  4%)                             
Toxic granulation                               Absent                Absent( 93%)       Present(  7%)                             
Acanthocytes                                    Absent                Absent(100%)       Present(  0%)                             
Basophilic stippling                            Absent                Absent( 91%)       Present(  9%)                             
Blister cells (pre keratocytes)           	Absent                Absent(100%)       Present(  0%)                             
Cabot rings                                     Absent                Absent(100%)       Present(  0%)                             
Echinocytes (crenated/burr cells)               Absent                Absent(100%)       Present(  0%)                             
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( 97%)       Present(  3%)                             
Schistocytes                                    Absent                Absent(100%)       Present(  0%)                             
Schüffner's granules                            Absent                Absent(100%)       Present(  0%)                             
Sickle cells (drepanocytes)                     Absent                Absent(100%)       Present(  0%)                             
Spherocytes                                     Absent                Absent( 99%)       Present(  1%)                             
Stomatocytes                                    Absent                Absent( 88%)       Present( 12%)                             
Target cells (codocytes)                        Absent                Absent( 98%)       Present(  2%)                             
Tear drop cells (dacrocytes)                    Absent                Absent( 99%)       Present(  1%)                             
Bacteria                                        Absent                Absent(100%)       Present(  0%)                             
Fungi/yeast                                     Absent                Absent(100%)       Present(  0%)                             
Malaria/Babesiosis                              Absent                Absent(100%)       Present(  0%)                             
Stain precipitate                               Absent                Absent( 77%)       Present( 23%)          
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