title: Harmonisation of full blood count reports, recommendations of the French-speaking cellular haematology group (GFHC).
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To propose recommendations related to the presentation, content and formulation of full blood count analysis reports.
  
  
  METHODS
  Strong professional agreement among a group of experts from the French-Speaking Cellular Haematology Group (GFHC) was obtained.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The following two proposals emerged from the consensus: (1) stratification of comments into three parts upon the discovery of an anomaly in blood cell analysis and (2) selection and/or redefinition of the terms recommended for designating the cell types found in normal and pathological peripheral blood.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The recommendations can help biologists who are currently undergoing the process of accreditation.
authors.affiliation: Haematology Laboratory, CHU de Limoges, Limoges, France.
authors.forename: Franck
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Trimoreau
authors.affiliation: Haematology Laboratory, CHU de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France.
authors.forename: Anne-Cécile
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Galoisy
authors.affiliation: Haematology Laboratory, CHU d'Angers, Angers, France.
authors.forename: Franck
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Geneviève
authors.affiliation: Haematology-Immunology Department, University Hospitals Paris Ile de France-Ouest, CHU Ambroise Paré, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Valérie
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Bardet
authors.affiliation: Haematology Laboratory, CHU Côte de Nacre, Caen, France.
authors.forename: Edouard
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cornet
authors.affiliation: Biology Laboratory, Groupe Hospitalier du Havre, Le Havre, France.
authors.forename: Jean-Pierre
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Hurst
authors.affiliation: Biological Haematology Department, CHU de Nancy, Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France.
authors.forename: Jean-François
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Lesesve
authors.affiliation: Haematology Laboratory, CHU de Limoges, Limoges, France.|LABM, Brive la Gaillarde, France.
authors.forename: Vincent
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Leymarie
authors.affiliation: Biological Haematology Department, Avicenne Hospital, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lusina
authors.affiliation: SELAS LABOMAINE, Le Mans, France.
authors.forename: Benoite
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Perez
authors.affiliation: Clinical Haematology Department, CHU de Grenoble, Grenoble, France.
authors.forename: Jean-Yves
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Cahn
authors.affiliation: Clinical Haematology Department, CHU de Caen, Caen, France.
authors.forename: Gandhi
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Damaj
authors.affiliation: Haematology Laboratory, CHU d'Angers, Angers, France.
authors.forename: Valérie
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ugo
authors.affiliation: Haematology Laboratory, CHU Côte de Nacre, Caen, France.
authors.forename: Xavier
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Troussard
mesh_terms: D001772:Blood Cell Count / Q000592:standards*; D005260:Female; D006405:Hematology / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012016:Reference Values
keywords: HAEMATOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; PERIPHERAL BLOOD