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Hello All, I passed the test last week. Thanks to all the board members. I learned a lot from all the topics discussed here as well as the educational material.

By performing the saline replacement, there are no calculations necessary. All parameters can be used as reported by the instrument. The WBC, RBC, and platelet counts can be checked against the original to make sure you didn't over or under-replace too much plasma. Our lab used to have a policy allowing for both methods. We discovered we were getting the exact same results with the saline replacement and got rid of the messy math.