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Know the Hematimetric Indices?

Automated MCHC can be direct or indirect. The hint is obtained by adapting the Wintrobe formula, where the manual hematocrit is replaced by the automated hematocrit, which is calculated by multiplying the MCV by the number of erythrocytes divided by 10: MCHC = Hb x 100 / (MCV x RBC / 10).