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Hemoglobin Analysis Lab

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Introduction: On August 20, a lab was started doing different test involving blood. The objective of the experiment was to test white blood cells (WBC), red blood cells (RBC), platelet counts, differential of WBCs, a hematocrit, a hemoglobin analysis, and also various calculated indices. All the test will indicate if a person’s blood levels are normal or if the person has an abnormal blood count. To explain what blood is, blood is a red liquid that circulates throughout the body. It also transports oxygen rich blood throughout the body, takes nutrients from specific cells and waste to be expelled out of the body. The components of blood in relation to the test are as follows. The blood has two parts the plasma, and the formed elements. …show more content…

Platelet counts the number of platelets per microliters. Hematocrit measures the percent of red blood cells within a volume of blood (Notes ). Following is the hemoglobin analysis which is a protein within the blood. When oxygen gives blood its color a person can tell what percent that person is at in relation to female or male. The indices indicate two calculation of the cells within the body. The group did these and counted fifty cells within the body and doubled the numbers after the calculation was reached. If everything was correct the hemoglobin test should come back normal. If it comes back abnormal then there could have been human error, calculation error, or it could be within a person’s …show more content…

Count the WBCs on a differential counter to one hundred. The basophils will look deep blue or black granules, the nucleus is sometime hidden behind granules, lymphocytes look slightly larger than RBCs, also lymphocytes are nearly round nucleus and fills most of the cell in smaller lymphocytes (Martin). Monocytes are the largest WBC, there nucleus is round, kidney-shaped or lobed (Martin). Eosinophils nucleus is usually blobbed, and it is a reddish granules. The neutrophils will have many variations, each connecting in some way, it is sometimes referred to as a seg, and has either one nucleus or five

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