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The purpose of scanning the edges of a urine sediment placed under a traditional glass slide is to:

Pyridium in a urine specimen interferes with many reagent strip results

What is the most common cause of renal failure?

The normal pH range for urine is:

Given the following information, calculate the cell count: A cloudy CSF specimen is sent to the laboratory for analysis. The technician uses a Neubauer hemocytometer and counts a total of 75 white blood cells in the 5 large squares. The specimen has been diluted by a factor of 2 and the volume of one large Neubauer square =0.1mm2

Identify the yellow crystal seen in a synovial fluid. The white arrow represents the direction of the slow vibration from a red compensator filter.

The presence of red blood cell casts indicates:

What is the major pigment which imparts the yellow coloration to urine?

A CSF is collected and sent to the laboratory. What is the cause of the coloration of the specimen?

Which is the correct cell count formula?