For some scientists and medical students, the difference between serum and plasma is just nomenclature and colour. On more than once occasion we’ve had to ask the difference between Serum and Plasma, only to hear,…
Hugh Leifson Medium (Oxidative-Fermentative Medium ) is used to distinguish between anaerobic and aerobic breakdown of carbohydrate( glucose).Hugh Leifson Medium was developed by Hugh and Leifson.They described the taxonomic significance of fermentation and oxidative metabolism…
WBC diluting fluid is used to perform the WBC(leucocyte) count or white blood cell count Principle of WBC Diluting Fluid WBC diluting fluid is used to perform the WBC( leucocyte) count. Red cells are lysed…
This is one of the simpler and less expensive test to screen for G6PD deficiency.Deficiency or a reduction in G6PD activity in red blood cells can cause an acute intravascular haemolysis following exposure to oxidant…
Blood grouping is a haematological haemagglutination test done to determine the blood group and Rh factor of an individual.It is the classification of blood based on the absence or presence of two inherited antigenic substances…
Blood transfusion generally carries some risk of reaction. Sometimes, the blood or blood components may act as a foreign protein or antigen that prompts immediate or delay immune response or tissue reaction reason why compatibility…
Blood consists of Plasma which is a fluid medium in which erythrocytes (RBC),Leukocytes (WBC) and thrombocytes (Platelets) are suspended.Plasma is a complex solution of proteins,salts and numerous metabolic substances. Composition of blood Blood is compose…
