PERIPHERAL BLOOD

Course overview

Peripheral blood smear preparation and interpretation Learning Objectives 1. Describe the steps necessary for the preparation of a Wright-stained peripheral blood smear and its proper microscopic evaluation. 2. Identify the sequence of cell types encountered during normal maturation of myeloid, erythroid, and megakaryocytic cells in the marrow. 3. Recognize and name the normal and abnormal forms of neutrophils, erythrocytes, lymphocytes, macrophages, and platelets using proper medical terminology. 4. Correlate single morphologic abnormalities seen in any of the above cell lineages to one or more specific disease states. 5. Integrate combinations of morphologic abnormalities involving one or more cell lineages to suggest a diagnosis of a disease state.