Abstract:
This study was designed to determine the correlation between
heamatological parameters measured by an Automated Haematology
analyzer (MINDRAY BC: 5500) with the standard manual methods. In this
study, One hundred and fourty Anticoagulated (tri-potassium
ethylenediamine tetra-acetic acid) blood samples from patient having
different blood disorders were randomly selected from Haematology
Laboratory Teaching Hospital Jaffna, which were used. All the blood samples
were tested automatically by automated haematology analyzer as well as
manually for WBC, RBC, Platelet, Haemoglobin, PCV, differential count,
MCV, MCH and MCHC. All the data were statistically analyzed in SPSS
software. The results obtained with haematology analyzer for WBC count,
Haemoglobin measurement, PCV, RBC count, Platelet count, Neutrophil
count, Lymphocyte counts, Eosinophil count, Basophil count, Monocyte
count, MCV, MCH and MCHC were correlated with manual methods
(Pearson correlation respectively 0.920, 0.895, 0.865, 0.662, 0.699, 0.724,
0.70, 0.456, 0.347, 0.087, 0.308, 0.462 and 0.117). The results obtained with
automated haematology analyzer for WBC count PCV and Hb well
correlated with standard manual method than other haematological
parameters. Further studies are required for proper quality control and
calibration to optimizing the validity of full blood count results.
