A Shift From Manual to Automatic: CSF Cell Counts With the GloCyte® Automated Cell Counter System

Accurate cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) cell counts are vital for the diagnosis of several diseases including subarachnoid hemorrhage, meningeal infection, demyelinating disease, and central nervous system malignancy. The standard method of counting red blood cells (RBC) and total nucleated cells (TNC) is a manual counting method using the Neubauer Hemocytometer counting chamber, which requires specialized laboratory staff and therefore is time, labor and cost-intensive.