ASCP HEMATOLOGY COMPREHENSIVE
EXAMINATION GUIDE 2026 COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
◉ Rule of Three.
Answer: Hb x 3 = Hct +/- 3 %
RBC x 3 = Hb =/- 0.5
◉ If Rule of three doesn't fit.
Answer: Clotted sample
Cold agglutinin (warm sample and rerun)
Lipemic, icteric, or grossly hemolyzed sample
resisting hgb (SS, CC)
◉ increased MCV, increased MCH, decreased Hct.
Answer: associated with cold agglutin
warm sample and rerun
◉ sedimentation rate.
Answer: determines the rate by which red blood cells settle in a tube
, ◉ Sedimentation Rate (ESR).
Answer: female: 0-20 mm
male: 0-15 mm
◉ Sedimentation rate correlation.
Answer: increase seen in increased plasma proteins
◉ Retic Count (Reticulocyte Count).
Answer: monitors erythropoiesis
◉ Retic count : range.
Answer: 0.5-1.5%
◉ Retic Indication.
Answer: increase in hemolytic anemia
post acute blood loss
◉ WBC range.
Answer: 5,000-10,000
◉ Neutrophil.
Answer:
EXAMINATION GUIDE 2026 COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
◉ Rule of Three.
Answer: Hb x 3 = Hct +/- 3 %
RBC x 3 = Hb =/- 0.5
◉ If Rule of three doesn't fit.
Answer: Clotted sample
Cold agglutinin (warm sample and rerun)
Lipemic, icteric, or grossly hemolyzed sample
resisting hgb (SS, CC)
◉ increased MCV, increased MCH, decreased Hct.
Answer: associated with cold agglutin
warm sample and rerun
◉ sedimentation rate.
Answer: determines the rate by which red blood cells settle in a tube
, ◉ Sedimentation Rate (ESR).
Answer: female: 0-20 mm
male: 0-15 mm
◉ Sedimentation rate correlation.
Answer: increase seen in increased plasma proteins
◉ Retic Count (Reticulocyte Count).
Answer: monitors erythropoiesis
◉ Retic count : range.
Answer: 0.5-1.5%
◉ Retic Indication.
Answer: increase in hemolytic anemia
post acute blood loss
◉ WBC range.
Answer: 5,000-10,000
◉ Neutrophil.
Answer:
