18 October 2016 (Tuesday) - Baby's blood


The above photo (and others) appeared in a lab-related Facebook group I follow. The spiel with it went:

This was the first diff I did this morning. Patient: new born.... XT-4000 gave a white count of 200+. Hgb 9.4. This is what I see...
Mom is Rh negative and baby DAT pos. Differential was 13 neuts... 1 lymph ....4 eos .... 5 monos total cells counted to get the diff was 688. The balance of the cells were called NRBC


Once I wasn’t too bad with baby blood. Since moving base five years ago I rarely see baby blood any more…it’s a skill I’ve lost.

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