Monday, September 28

RBC Dilluting Fluid Composition

1. Hayme's Fluid Composition
a. Sodium Chloride (Provides isotonicity) - 1 gm
b. Sodium Sulphate (Prevents Roleaux formation) - 5 gms
c. Mercuric Chloride (Acts as an antiseptic) - 0.5 gms
d. Distilled water (Solvent) - 200cc

2. Dacie's Fluid Composition
a. Tri sodium Citrate - 3.13 gm
b. Commercial Formaldehyde (37% of Formalin) - 1 ml
c. Distilled water - 100 ml

3. Gower's Fluid Composition
Isotonic solution containing 12.5 gm of sodium sulphate and 33.3 gm of glacial acetic acid in 200ml of water.

7 comments:

  1. Why use marcuric cloride in rbc diluting fluids?

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    1. bcz acts as antiseptic kills micro organism

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  2. Glacial acetic acid is known to cause hemolysis, then why used as a component of RBC dilution fluid------??? it'll reduce the RBC cell count

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