Guest guest Posted September 17, 2002 Report Share Posted September 17, 2002 a, In this case we are talking about white blood cells. The only place where I actually use WBC is in the CBC. Margaret >>> " a " 09/17/02 09:46PM >>> Urine dip shows large heme and 2+ wbc. It is unclear to me if in this example we are talking about wbc for white blood cells or WBC for white blood count. I would appreciate any help with this! Thanks! ------------------------------------------------ a in Maine Career Step Grad - 7/30/02 Total eMed - 8/19/02 ------------------------------------------------ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 17, 2002 Report Share Posted September 17, 2002 Urine dip shows large heme and 2+ wbc. It is unclear to me if in this example we are talking about wbc for white blood cells or WBC for white blood count. I would appreciate any help with this! Thanks! ------------------------------------------------ a in Maine Career Step Grad - 7/30/02 Total eMed - 8/19/02 ------------------------------------------------ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 17, 2002 Report Share Posted September 17, 2002 Thank you, Margaret. That really clears it up for me! a Re: WBConfused a, In this case we are talking about white blood cells. The only place where I actually use WBC is in the CBC. Margaret >>> " a " 09/17/02 09:46PM >>> Urine dip shows large heme and 2+ wbc. It is unclear to me if in this example we are talking about wbc for white blood cells or WBC for white blood count. I would appreciate any help with this! Thanks! ------------------------------------------------ a in Maine Career Step Grad - 7/30/02 Total eMed - 8/19/02 ------------------------------------------------ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 18, 2002 Report Share Posted September 18, 2002 Let's see if I can make it a little clearer. WBC is white blood count. wbc is white blood cell. WBC would normally not be plural, unless they ran more than one white blood count on a patient. Per AAMT BOS, the plural of wbc is wbc's=white blood cells. Hope that helps Jan jantranscribes@... " Typing is my life. " " Whoever signs the paycheck makes the rules. " WBConfused Urine dip shows large heme and 2+ wbc. It is unclear to me if in this example we are talking about wbc for white blood cells or WBC for white blood count. I would appreciate any help with this! Thanks! ------------------------------------------------ a in Maine Career Step Grad - 7/30/02 Total eMed - 8/19/02 ------------------------------------------------ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 18, 2002 Report Share Posted September 18, 2002 Gosh, I guess I have been doing this wrong all along. I always use WBCs for white blood cells and RBCs for red blood cells. I need to talk to my QA and see what they say. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Webmedx employee Career Step graduate, 10/02/01 Experience: 11 months My Home Page: http://www.renesue.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Re: WBConfused Let's see if I can make it a little clearer. WBC is white blood count. wbc is white blood cell. WBC would normally not be plural, unless they ran more than one white blood count on a patient. Per AAMT BOS, the plural of wbc is wbc's=white blood cells. Hope that helps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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