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Morphologic Analysis of Body Fluids in the Hematology Laboratory
Level l Checklist
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At the end of this unit of study the student should be able to:
- List the type of body fluids studied in the clinical laboratory and describe the body cavity in which they are found.
- List and describe the normal tissue cells seen in each of the body fluid types.
- Describe various types of artifact that can be seen in body fluid preparations.
- Define transudate, exudate, and chylous fluid. Given laboratory data, differentiate among these fluid types.
- Describe appearance of bacterial and fungal organisms in Wright-stained preparations and suggest methods to confirm them.
- List the morphologic features of malignant cells on Wright-stained preparations.
- List the type of crystals that can be found in joint fluids and associate with pathologic conditions.
- Describe artifacts that can be found on cytocentrifuged, Wright-stained slides of body fluids.
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