klsutherland80

I worked at a lab several years ago with about 100 employees; we did the lab timeline (around the lab conference room walls where food was served) one year; another year we had an international theme and decorated the lab conference room walls with copies of the flags of the nations or states where everyone was born along with a list of the people born there- that was quite a conversation starter. We have also made a 10 minute video tour which we were able to have played continuously on a portable TV beside the lab week display tables in a main hallway of the hospital. The display table had one display board describing the education required for various laboratory positions along with photos of laboratory employees, and another display board describing the various laboratory departments and the types of testing done in each along with photos of peripheral slides, micro plates, and other things that laboratorians work with. In addition to the display boards the table contained flyers from ASCP for several laboratory positions, and a small individual 35 mm slide viewer with a set of slides borrowed from various old CAP surveys showing things like sickle cells, abnormal WBCs, parasites, etc. This display table was used for several years; no one ever stole the slide viewer or slides, and I could tell the slides were looked at when I did my twice daily table straightening.

Our policy states that the allowable difference is 10% or 2 cells, whichever is greater. My last employer had an allowable difference of 10% or 5 cells, whichever is greater. This should cover those fluids with low cell counts.

I have seen an auto anti-M which reacted very strongly only at AHG; no reaction at I.S. or 37 C. I have also seen 2 other strong IgG anti-M antibodies.