Cell count & differential, CSF

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Cell count & differential, CSF-9421

  
Cell count & differential, CSF
  
9421
  
89051.4
  
SFD
  
Cerebral spinal fluid (CSF)
  

Sterile vial/container

  
1.0 mL
  

Submit entire specimen

  

Sterile vial/container

  

Refrigerated

Must be delivered Immediately

  • Reference lab must receive specimen within 1-2 hours of collection
  • Hospital In-patients: Deliver specimen to the lab within 30 minutes of collection
  
  • Improper label (unlabeled or mislabeled)
  • Hemolysis
  • Delay in transport
  • Improper storage/transport temperature
  
AHL - Hematology: H
  
Daily
  
1 day
  

Manual count

  
White Blood Cell Count:
 
 Adults  0 - 5 wbc/uL
 Children (< 1 year)  0 - 30 wbc/uL
 Children (1 - 4 years)  0 - 20 wbc/uL
 Children (5 yrs - puberty)  0 - 10 wbc/uL
 
Red Blood Cell Count:        <10/uL
 

Differential:

 Cell Type

 Adult  Neonate
 Lymphocytes  40 - 80 %  5 - 35%
 Monocytes  15 - 45%  50 - 90%
 Neutrophils  0 - 5%  0 - 5%

 

  

WBC: >25 wbc/uL

  
89051
  
11/30/2001
  
05/02/2024
  
01/03/2024