Based on the article, the analytical performance of DI-60 has been evaluated in line with its capability to recognize various RBC morphology and WBC differentials accurately. I am eager to know if aside from blood samples, the digital analyzer can also efficiently characterize these cells on other specimens such as bodily fluids and bone marrow specimens, with the TAT difference between manual and digital review of normal and abnormal morphologies still in consideration.
The principle of Sysmex DI-60 is flow cytometry, wherein the cells pass through a tube and is being measured or mapped out by a laser. The average size of red blood cell is 7.5 um while bodily fluids such as crystalline structures is around 100-200 um, the machine is able to filter non blood cell from the tube before going through the laser. On another assessment, it is rarely to find other bodily fluids in the circulatory system except for contamination, the blood collection process ensure that only blood cells are collected and other bodily fluids such as urine, bone marrow or semen can be collected from other means, and for them being on different bodily system, the likelihood of contamination is narrow. As an hypothesis, if there is infact a contamination, TAT would not be affected because it is established that the machine filter the specimen before passing through the laser.
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