Standard Operating Procedures
Laboratory SOPs
Standard operating procedures for laboratory professionals, from specimen collection to instrument quality control.
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Clotting Time
A basic manual screening procedure for observing the time required for whole blood to clot under standardized conditions.
Bleeding Time
A historical primary haemostasis screening procedure that measures the time required for bleeding to stop after a standardized skin injury.
Hemoglobin Electrophoresis
A laboratory procedure for separating haemoglobin fractions using a validated electrophoretic method.
Sickling Solubility Test
A screening procedure based on the reduced solubility of haemoglobin S under defined test conditions.
Manual Complete Blood Count (CBC) Procedure
Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for performing a manual Complete Blood Count (CBC), including WBC, RBC, Platelet, Hemoglobin, PCV, and differential counts using a hemocytometer and microscopy.
Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (Westergren Method)
SOP for measuring the rate at which red blood cells settle in a vertical tube over one hour, indicating non-specific inflammation.
Packed Cell Volume (Microhematocrit)
SOP for determining the percentage of whole blood volume occupied by red blood cells using centrifugation.
Manual Reticulocyte Count Procedure
Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for performing a manual reticulocyte count using supravital staining and light microscopy to assess bone marrow erythropoietic activity.
Sickling Test (Sodium Metabisulfite Method)
SOP for screening for the presence of Hemoglobin S (HbS) by inducing deoxygenation and observing red blood cell sickling under microscopy.
Peripheral Blood Film Examination and Morphology Assessment
Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for the preparation, staining, microscopic examination, and morphological assessment of peripheral blood films for diagnostic hematology.