A Patient's Smear Shows Clumping of Neutrophils

question 4

Multiple Choice

A patient's smear shows clumping of neutrophils.The ANC shows a neutropenia. What can be done to obtain a reliable neutrophil count?

• A)Draw the patient at a more appropriate time.
• B)Delay testing the blood sample until you can rerun it on another instrument.
• C)Draw the sample in another type of tube and rerun the sample using warm diluent.
• D)Perform a fingerstick and make manual dilutions and blood smears

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