Clinical haematology studies blood and blood disorders.
The most common haematology tests are:
- Full blood count (FBC) testing
- red blood cell count (RBC)
- white blood cell count (WBC)
- haemoglobin (HGB)
- haematocrit (HCT)
- platelets (PLT)
- derived values (MCV – MCH – MCHC – RDW)
- Microscopic examination of blood (Film)
- Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR)
- Haemoglobin electrophoresis (Hb electrophoresis)
- Blood clotting tests: Prothrombin Time (PT), International Normalised Ratio (INR), Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time (APTT), Fibrinogen
- Blood group (Rhesus)
