Complete and Differential Blood Cell Count

Complete and Differential Blood Cell Count Complete Blood Cell Count (CBC) and Differential Count (diff) are a series of blood tests of the peripheral blood. These tests provide a tremendous amount of information about the hematologic system and many other organ systems. Since both CPC and Differential Count are inexpensively and easily performed, they are both rapidly performed as a screening test. The CBC and diff include automated multimeasurement of the following studies:

A list of CBC and Differential Blood Tests

• Red Blood Cell Count.


• Hemoglobin Test.


• Hematocrit Test.


• Red Blood Cell Indices: Includes calculation and measurement of Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV), Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin (MCH),        Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin Concentration (MCHC), and Red Blood Cell Distribution Width (RDW).


• White Blood Cell Count (WBC) and Differential Count.


• Absolute and Differential Neutrophil Count (polynucleated cells or “polys,” segmented cells or “segs,” band cells, stab cells).


• Absolute and Differential Lymphocyte Count.


• Differential Monocyte Count.


• Absolute and Differential Eosinophil Count.


• Absolute and Differential  Basophil Count.


• Blood Smear.


• Platelet count.


• Mean Platelet Volume (MPV).