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Evaluation of a Point-of-Care Testing Analyzer for Measuring Peripheral Blood Leukocytes
Published on: March 22, 2022
Evaluation of white blood cell count in peritoneal fluid with five different hemocytometers
Giuseppe Lippi1, Clarissa Cattabiani, Anna Benegiamo
1Laboratory of Clinical Chemistry and Hematology, Academic Hospital of Parma, Italy. glippi@ao.pr.it
Objectives:
Evaluation of automated flow cytometric analysis of white blood cell (WBC) count in peritoneal fluids.
Methods:
One hundred peritoneal fluids were analyzed with manual microscopy, Sysmex XE-2100 and XE-5000, Siemens Advia 2120, Mindray BC-6800, Abbott Sapphire.
Results:
High correlations (0.978 to 0.999) and modes biases (-132 to 80 WBC/mm(3)) were found. Agreement at septic peritonitis cutoff ranged between 96% and 99%.
Conclusions:
These hemocytometers display acceptable performance for WBC screening in peritoneal fluids.
