Recommendation for the Peripheral Blood Cell Morphology Report
- Author:
Jung Ah KWON
1
;
Young gon KIM
;
Geon PARK
;
Ji myung KIM
;
Young Uk CHO
;
Jungwon HUH
;
Sun Young KONG
;
Jin Yeong HAN
;
Soo Young YOON
Author Information
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords: Blood cell morphology; Grading system; Standardization
- MeSH: Blood Cells; Hematology; Population Characteristics
- From:Laboratory Medicine Online 2019;9(3):115-125
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
- Abstract: There is considerable heterogeneity in the peripheral blood smear reports across different diagnostic laboratories, despite following the guidelines published by the International Council for Standardization in Haematology (ICSH). As standardization of reports can facilitate communication and consequently the diagnostic efficiency in both laboratories and clinics, the standardization committee of the Korean Society for Laboratory Hematology aimed to establish a detailed guideline for the standardization of peripheral blood smear reports. Based on the ICSH guidelines, additional issues on describing and grading the peripheral blood smear findings were discussed. In this report, the proposed guideline is briefly described.
