A patient's smear shows clumping of neutrophils.The ANC shows a neutropenia. What can be done to obtain a reliable neutrophil count?
A) Draw the patient at a more appropriate time.
B) Delay testing the blood sample until you can rerun it on another instrument.
C) Draw the sample in another type of tube and rerun the sample using warm diluent.
D) Perform a fingerstick and make manual dilutions and blood smears
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