A patient who has been prescribed combination chemotherapy today has a total white blood cell (WBC)count of 5 cells/mm3,a lymphocyte count of 2.2 cells/mm3,a segmented neutrophil count of 1.8 cells/mm3,a basophil count of 0.15 cells/mm3,an eosinophil count of 250 cells/mm3,and a band neutrophil count of 0.6 cells/mm3.What does the nurse calculate as the absolute neutrophil count (ANC)?
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