How will you differentiate a WBC pipette from RBC pipette?

The RBC pipette is identified by the red bead in the bulb, and the WBC pipette by the white bead in the bulb.

What is the dilution in RBC pipette and WBC pipette?

6. What is the dilution used in RBC pipette? It delievrs 20ul or 0.02 ml of blood.

What is the purpose of the RBC diluting pipette?

Answer: The RBC pipette is the diluting pipette used in dilute blood ratio of ‘1:100’ or ‘1:200’ in the Hemocytometer. It uses the RBC pipette as a liquid dispenser. It has been used in chemistry, biology & medicine as a laboratory instrument.

What is WBC diluting pipette?

WBC diluting fluid is used for perfoming the WBC (Leucocyte) count. Glacial acetic acid lyses the red cells. The blood specimen is diluted 1:20 in a WBC pipette with the diluting fluid and the cells are counted under low power of the microscope by using a counting chamber.

Why there is a bulb in RBC & WBC pipette & What is the function of the bead in the bulb?

This glass bead is red in colour in the RBC pipette and white bead in the WBC pipette. It is used to facilitate the uniform dispersion of the blood cells in the diluting fluid.

Why is the bulb of RBC pipette larger than WBC pipette?

Conventional. Rbc pipette is bigger than the wbc pipette to dilute the blood with fluid by 1:200 and 1:20 respectively. They have red and white beads in their tube bulbes.

What is the purpose of using WBC dilution fluid?

WBC diluting fluid is used for perfoming the WBC (Leucocyte) count. Glacial acetic acid lyses the red cells. Gentian violet slightly stains the nuclei of the leucocytes.

What is the name of RBC diluting fluid?

Dacie’s (RBC Diluting) Fluid.

Why WBC pipette is smaller than RBC pipette?

Conventional. Rbc pipette is bigger than the wbc pipette to dilute the blood with fluid by 1:200 and 1:20 respectively.

What is the composition of RBC diluting fluid?

Mercuric chloride – 0.25 gm. Sodium sulphate – 2.50 gm. Sodium chloride – 0.50 gm. Distilled water – 100.0ml.