The distribution of blood cells on haemacytometer counting chambers with special reference to the amended British Standards Specification 748 (1958)

J Clin Pathol. 1961 May; 14(3): 298–304.

PMCID: PMC480215

C. Sanders and D. W. Skerry

Haematology Department, A.E.R.E., Harwell

Medical Division, A.E.R.E., Harwell

Abstract

The distribution of leucocytes and erythrocytes on the haemacytometer counting chamber is shown. Differences between total leucocyte counts on single and double-ruled chambers are given and the effect of different lengths of cover glass are discussed. An assessment of the relative accuracy of the amended British Standards Specification (B.S.S.) 748 (1958) double-ruled bright line chamber and the old B.S.S. chambers in made.

Full text

Full text is available as a scanned copy of the original print version. Get a printable copy (PDF file) of the complete article (974K), or click on a page image below to browse page by page. Links to PubMed are also available for Selected References.

Selected References

These references are in PubMed. This may not be the complete list of references from this article.

Hynes, M. The Distribution of Leucocytes on the Counting Chamber. J Clin Pathol. 1947 Nov;1(1):25–29. [PubMed]
Sanders, C; Parry, KC; Bennett, AE; Geisow, JC. A Magnetically Operated Blood Cell Pipette Shaker. J Clin Pathol. 1950 Nov;3(4):367–369. [PubMed]