The steps involved in performing flow cytometry are:
- Sample of cells is suspended in fluid
- Sample may be treated with dyes to further define cell types
- Sample is run through flow cytometer
- Fluid in which cells are suspended pass through narrow channels so that they are in a single file as they move past detectors
- Laser(s) and/or photo detectors identify characteristics that are specific to certain cell types
- Signals are then amplified and sent to a computer
- Information is then presented as a graph

How Flow Cytometry is Performed

Basic Components of Flow Cytometry

- reticulocyte counts
- CD4 count
- HLA typing
- sperm analysis
- immunophenotyping
- platelet function tests
- bone marrow aspiration and biopsy
- lymph node biopsy

Tests in the Clinical Lab That Use Flow Cytometry

- Flow cytometry. (n.d.). Retrieved April 24, 2021, from https://labtestsonline.org/flow-cytometry#:~:text=Flow%20cytometry%20is%20a%20laboratory,unique%20to%20that%20cell%20type.

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- Medical laboratory scientists who specialize in flow cytometry study specimens for cell markers.

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