Sample CBC Test

The most common test to determine whether you have enough red blood cells is the Complete Blood Count (CBC) test. It is routine for your doctor to order a CBC test before each chemotherapy treatment. Blood counts are important because they help you and your doctor determine if your red blood cell count has dropped too low, which helps to determine if you are anemic. CBC tests arent difficult to read. Although your own test results will be different than those shown here, you can learn how to read your own CBC results from the sample chart.
This column shows counts that are lower (L) or higher (H) than the normal range.

Test
This persons hemoglobin level is below the normal range. This person is anemic and may be starting to notice symptoms CBC WITH DIFFERENTIAL Red Blood Count Hemoglobin Hematocrit Platelets White Blood Count This part looks at components of white blood cells. As you can see, this patient has a higher than normal lymphocyte count. Lymphocytes Monocytes Neutrophils Eosinophils Basophils

Results

Low/High

Units

Normal Ranges

3.5 (L) 10.8 (L) 31.1 (L) 302 7.2 48 (H) 7.0 43 (L) 2.0 0

x 10-6/l g/dl % x 10-3/l x 10-3/l % % % % %

4.1 - 5.1 / 4.70 - 6.10 12.0 - 16.0 / 14.0 - 18.0 37.0 - 48.0 / 42.0 52.0 140 - 415 4.5 - 11 17 44 3 - 10 45 - 76 0 - 4 0 - 2

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