Accurate white blood cell differential by Alinity hq: A comparison with flow cytometry and manual differential.

Introduction: White blood cell (WBC) differential by flow cytometry can report a six-part WBC differential and enumerate blasts. Some modern hematology analyzers are also able to provide a six-part WBC differential (including immature granulocytes). Our goal was to compare the WBC differential obtained by the Abbott Alinity hq hematology analyzer to an 8-color single-tube flow cytometry method and to manual WBC differential.