HEMATOCRIT OR PACKED CELL VOLUME (PCV) windrove or micro hemocrit mathod

HEMATOCRIT OR PACKED CELL VOLUME (PCV)

Method & PROCEDURE
1. Using Wintrobe's Tube for PCV
2. Microhaematocrit Method

HEMATOCRIT OR PACKED CELL VOLUME (PCV):- The PCV or Hematocrit is a percentage of the total volume of whole blood occupied by packed red blood cells, when a known volume of whole blood is centrifuged at a constant speed for a constant period of time.

Value thus obtained is used in the determination of the red cell indices: mean corpuscular haemoglobin (MCH), mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration (MCHC) and the mean corpuscular volume (MCV). 

1. Method Using Wintrobe's Tube for PCV
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2. Microhaematocrit Method:- click here

Normal range:- Men: 40–52 % (0.4-0.52 L/L) Women: 37-47 % (0.37-0.47 L/L)