Monthly Archives: January 2011

iPhone Application for hematology competency

iPhone Application for hematology competency

CellaVision presents you with the perfect way to learn the basics of cell morphology. We now introduce an Application for the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch devices to compliment our digital cell morphology portfolio. The Application, CellAtlas® is an educational tool to assist in the recognition and classification of blood cells.

CellAtlas contains mini lectures in English written by experts in hematology. The Application gives you access to high resolution classified cell images complemented by a written description.

What is your cell score?
The Application includes the game, CellQuiz, where you can test your cell morphology skills by matching cell class to the right cell image.

The CellAtlas Application is available… Read more »

Posted on January 25, 2011 by CellaVision News Blast | Tagged , , , , , , | 7 Comments
Acute promyelocytic leukemia

Acute promyelocytic leukemia

A 36-year old Caucasian male without a relevant medical history was admitted to the emergency ward of a local hospital (Albert Schweitzer Hospital, Dordrecht, The Netherlands), because of acute chest pain. An anterolateral myocardial infarct was diagnosed (laboratory results showed: Troponine-T: 0,35 µg/L (elevated) and CK: 453 U/L (elevated)) and  the patient was referred to the cardiology department of the nearest university hospital (Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands) for a percutaneous coronary revascularization procedure.

In the meantime the digital microscope, DM96 (Cellavision, Lund, Sweden), present at the local hospital, detected two blast cells with Auer rods in a routine 200-cell peripheral blood morphology screening. In combination with the acute coronary… Read more »

Posted on January 19, 2011 by Jürgen Riedl, PhD, Albert Schweitzer Hospital, the Netherlands | Tagged , , , | 6 Comments
Speeds up and increases accuracy

Speeds up and increases accuracy

We purchased CellaVision because of the problems listed below, i.e. we believed in the importance of being able to create a networked, centralized service for blood morphology which would help us address the growing challenges of skill shortages and cost pressures while preserving patient safety.

We have met these goals along with the additional benefits of improving patient care through reduced turn around times and improved detection rates of blast cells; patient care has been advanced! The Hamilton Regional Laboratory Medicine Program (HRLMP) serves six hospitals, including a large cancer centre, for a population of over 2.2 million people in Ontario, Canada. Five multidisciplinary laboratories perform peripheral blood cell morphology testing, i.e.… Read more »

Posted on January 18, 2011 by David Langstaff, MD, Hamilton Regional Laboratory Medicine Program, Canada | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment
Test results within 20 minutes

Test results within 20 minutes

Nearly every visitor of the hematology laboratory at the Karolinska University Laboratory in Huddinge, Sweden is struck by how quiet and calm it is. While there is certainly plenty of activity by the analyzers, the atmosphere is calm and focused – an essential condition for correct judgment, reproducibility, and efficiency. The MD, Consultant Soheir Beshara has an air of humbleness, but there is no doubt that she is proud of her clinic and staff.

— It is very satisfying when a patient receives test results within 20 minutes. Regardless of whether the sample is taken in Danderyd, Huddinge, or any of the other hospitals there is now consistency in the… Read more »

Posted on January 18, 2011 by Soheir Beshara, MD, Karolinska University Laboratory, Sweden | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment