What is the difference between RBC and WBC pipette?

What is the difference between RBC and WBC pipette?

Rbc pipette is bigger than the wbc pipette to dilute the blood with fluid by 1:200 and 1:20 respectively. They have red and white beads in their tube bulbes.

Can RBC pipette be used for WBC count?

It is used for counting WBC in leukemia where leukocytes are present not in thousands but in lakhs or millions/mm3 of blood. There also blood is sucked upto mark 1 in RBC pipette and then diluted to 101 mark giving a dilution of 1 in 100. The RBC pipette is also used for sperm count and platelet count.

What is RBC pipette?

The RBC pipette is the diluting pipette used in dilute blood ratio of ‘1:100’ or ‘1:200’ in the Hemocytometer. It uses the RBC pipette as a liquid dispenser. It has been used in chemistry, biology & medicine as a laboratory instrument. There’s a red bead present on the pipette.

What is the purpose of red and white beads in pipette?

This glass bead is red in colour in the RBC pipette and white bead in the WBC pipette. It is used to facilitate the uniform dispersion of the blood cells in the diluting fluid.

What is WBC pipette?

WBC Pipette or White Blood Cell Pipette is used for mixing diluting fluid and blood. This pipette is used in higher dilution processes, such as higher total sperm count, platelet count, total leukocyte count, RBC count in severe anaemia, etc.

What is the dilution in RBC pipette and WBC pipette?

6. What is the dilution used in RBC pipette? It delievrs 20ul or 0.02 ml of blood.

What are the diluting fluids used for WBC count and RBC count?

The diluting fluid for RBCs is isotonic saline. Diluting fluids for WBCs include glacial acetic acid to lyse the RBCs, or Türk solution, which contains glacial acetic acid and methylene blue to stain the nuclei of the WBCs.

What are the other uses of RBC and WBC pipette?

What is the role of white bead in WBC pipette?

Helps in the mixing of diluting fluid and blood. WBC Pipette or White Blood Cell Pipette is used for mixing diluting fluid and blood.

What are the features of WBC pipette?

WBC Pipette: This is a bulb pipette having a long stem with a capillary bore and a pointed tip. The bulb contains a white bead inside. A small rubber tube provided with a mouth piece is connected to the small narrow portion, above the bulb for sucking blood and fluid into the pipette.