The Biggest Breakthrough Since the CBC Analyzer? The Evolving Journey from Digital To Fully Automated Peripheral Blood Smear Review.

What if we could confidently leave every routine peripheral blood smear (PBS) analysis to technology and AI the same way we leverage our CBC analyzer? The result would not only be faster turnaround, better standardization, and a countless number of staff hours diverted to higher value tasks; it could also mean access to far richer diagnostic information from every sample. This session will unpack just how close we are to this major disruption.

It has been nearly 70 years since the advent of the automated complete blood count (CBC) transformed laboratory hematology, and we are now on the cusp of what represents a similarly significant milestone: an AI-driven, fully automated blood morphology analyzer that analyzes thousands of cells and dozens of morphological parameters to transform qualitative observations into quantitative and standardized results.

In this session, you’ll get an exciting first look at preliminary clinical data comparing manual and automated PBS analyses from investigators at Brigham & Women’s Hospital.

Presenters:

Daniel Dees, DCLS, MLS (ASCP)
Medical Director, Clinical Hematology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Christopher B. Hergott, MD, PhD
Associate Hematopathologist, Brigham and Women’s Hospital