CellaVision DM1200 User Manual page 105

To change grading, size, and anisocytosis limits for the Advanced
RBC Application
1. On the Tools menu, click Settings and then click the Advanced RBC tab.
2. Click RBC Limits.
3. To set all limits to CellaVision default values, click Set limits.
The default values are based on Gulati, Gene. 2009. Blood Cell Morphology
Grading Guide. American Society for Clinical Pathology.
4. To manually set the limits, do the following:
• In the Grading limits area, enter grading limits (in percent) for grades 1,
• In the Size limits area, enter the smallest and largest size for a cell to be
• In the Anisocytosis area, enter limits for variation in cell area in percent.
Poikilocytosis. Presence of abnormally shaped red blood cells.
Anisocytosis. Variation in size among red blood cells.
The red blood cell distribution area width is a measure of the variation of red
blood cell area that is reported as part of a standard complete blood count.
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Important!
You have to set your own RBC limits according to your standards.
Important!
Changing the grading limits and the size limits will affect all systems
using the database.
2, and 3 for each of the RBC types.
regarded as normal.
Smaller cells will be regarded as microcytes and larger cells as
macrocytes.
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