Table of Contents
Abstract
CommitteeMembership
Foreword
1Scope
2StandardPrecautions
3Definitions
4PreanalyticalVariables
5SpecimenCollection
5.1CerebrospinalFluid
5.2SerousFluid
5.3SynovialFluid
5.4BronchoalveolarLavage(BAL)
6SpecimenHandlingandTransport
6.1CSF
6.2SerousFluids
6.3SynovialFluids
6.4BAL
7QuantitativeAssessment
7.1ManualCounting
7.2AutomatedMethods
8MorphologyAssessment
8.1SlidePreparation
8.2IdentificationofMorphologicConstituents
8.3EvaluationofNucleatedCellSubtypes
8.4PhysicianReview
8.5ResultReporting
9FluidTypes
9.1CerebrospinalFluidandVentricularShuntFluids
9.2Serous(Pleural,Peritoneal,Pericardial,
PeritonealLavageandDialysateFluids)
9.3SynovialFluid
9.4BronchoalveolarLavageFluid
10AdditionalStudies
10.1ImmunocytologicStudies
10.2FlowCytometricStudies
10.3CytogeneticAnalysis
11SampleStorageAfterCompletionofTesting
12QualityControlandQualityAssurance
12.1QualityControl
12.2QualityAssurance
12.3ProficiencyTesting(ExternalQualityAssessment)
12.4ContinuousEducationandTraining
References
AdditionalReferences
AppendixA-ReagentFormulations
AppendixB-InterpretationofCellTypes
AppendixC-ReferenceIntervals
SummaryofCommentsandSubcommitteeResponses
TheQualitySystemApproach
RelatedCLSI/NCCLSPublications Abstract
Provides users with recommendations for collection and transport of body fluids, numeration and identification of cellular components, and guidance for qualitative and quantitative assessment of body fluid.
