TABLE 3.

Misclassification of cells by CellaVision™ DM96 analyser, Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital haematology laboratory, Johannesburg, South Africa, 2012–2013 (N = 149).

White cell type	Proportion of all misclassifications† (%) (mean[±SD])	Proportion of cell type reclassified‡ (%) (mean[±SD])
All cells	N/A	16.4
Neutrophils	26.7 (±35)	7.6 (±12.3)
Lymphocytes	20.8 (±69.7)	11.9 (±15.3)
Monocytes	11.9 (±15)	28.9 (±31.7)
Eosinophils	3.2 (±8.7)	31.7 (±37.6)
Basophils	2.9 (±7)	93.5 (±23.1)
Blasts	2.4 (±11.8)	33.7 (±38.6)
Other§	32.1 (±73.1)	N/A

NA, Not applicable.

^†Calculated as the percentage of all misclassified cells for each type of white cell;

^‡Calculated as the percentage of cells requiring reclassification within each type of white cell;

^§Includes smudge cells, artefacts, nucleated red cells, immature granulocytes.