Full Blood Count

Hematology Analyzer can perform FBC.  The full blood count (FBC), sometimes referred to as a full blood examination or complete blood count, is one of the most commonly performed blood tests, as it can tell us so much about the status of our health. It is important for diagnosing conditions in which the number of blood cells is abnormally high or abnormally low, or the cells themselves are abnormal.

A full blood count measures the status of a number of different features of the blood by using hematology analyzer, including:

• the amount of haemoglobin (Hgb) in the blood;
• the number of red blood cells (red cell count)(RBC);
• the percentage of blood cells as a proportion of the total blood volume (haematocrit or packed cell volume)(HCT);
• the volume of red blood cells (mean cell volume)(MCV);
• the average amount of haemoglobin in the red blood cells (known as mean cell haemoglobin)(MCH);
• the number of white blood cells (white cell count)(WBC);
• the percentages of the different types of white blood cells (leucocyte differential count); and
• the number of platelets (PLT).