Additional Information
Level of Instruction: Intermediate
Intended Audience: This course is intended for laboratory professionals who have experience with peripheral blood morphology and basic experience with body fluid differential analysis. This tutorial will provide a review of normal and abnormal body fluid morphology utilizing Wright-Giemsa stained cytospin preparations from cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), pleural, peritoneal, and synovial fluids, as well as bronchial alveolar lavage (BAL) samples.
Author Information: Marybeth Helfrich, MLS(ASCP) is currently a Laboratory Technologist Specialist for the Hematology/Oncology Laboratory at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. She received her Bachelor of Science in Medical Technology from Temple University in Philadelphia and has nearly 40 years of experience in both adult and pediatric hematology and oncology settings. She has been a presenter for ASCLS-PA, ASCP (local and national), and the Texas Teleconference network. She is responsible for hematology morphology instruction and training for medical technologists and fellows. She is also a regular developer of morphology tutorials for in-house continuing education activities.
Reviewer Information: Valerie F. Jalicke, MS, MLS(ASCP)CMPBTCM received her Bachelor of Science and Master of Science in Bioscience Technologies from Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, PA. She currently serves as Program Director and Clinical Assistant Professor in the Medical Laboratory Science program at Thomas Jefferson University. She has over 30 years of experience as a medical laboratory scientist with a heavy focus on hematology, clinical chemistry, and urinalysis and body fluids.
