Comparison Of The Results Of Counting The Number Of Blood Cells In The Veins And Capillary Blood Samples Using Medonic Hematology Equipment M-32 Series

Abstract

Examination of the blood cell count is an examination to determine the number of the three blood cells, namely leukocytes, erythrocytes, and platelets, which is part of a routine blood examination. Examination of the blood cell count can be taken from venous blood and capillary blood, but in capillary blood sampling there can be a dilution of the blood by tissue fluids so that the results of the blood cell count allow different between capillary blood samples and venous blood samples. The purpose of this study was to determine the differences in results. Count the number of blood cells in the venous and capillary blood samples using the Medonic M-32 series hematology device. This research was conducted at the Laboratory of Batara Siang Hospital, Pangkep Regency on June 2 – September 30 with a sample of 30 subjects. This type of research is descriptive quantitative. The overall data were tested for normality by the Kolmogorov Smirnov test and the comparative hypothesis test of the Paired t Test. The results of the examination using the Paired t Test showed a significant value for the P value of Leukocytes = 0.013, the P value of Erythrocytes = 0.000, and the P value of Platelets = 0.000. Paired t test statistic test shows the significant value of the three types of blood cell count, the P value is 0.05. So it can be concluded that there is a significant difference in the results of the blood cell count examination in venous and capillary blood samples using the Medonic Hematology Series M-32.