Blood Picture - Peripheral Smear Examination in Faridabad

At a Glance

Profile: Blood Picture - Peripheral Smear Examination. Tests: 5 reported findings: Red Blood Cells, White Blood Cells, Platelets, Hemoparasites and Impression. Price: From 390. Fasting: Not required. Sample: Blood. Reports: 24 hours, digital. Home collection: Available across Faridabad; any charge is shown in the booking flow. Lab: NABL-accredited. Doctors read a smear together with a blood count, and this profile does not replace one. The counts are in the Complete Blood Count (CBC) + ESR. Both profiles are included in every full body package, starting with the Basic Full Body Checkup (77 parameters), and a package costs less than booking them separately. ## A Slide Read by a Person The sample is spread thinly on a glass slide, stained and examined under a microscope. A qualified pathologist reads it cell by cell. This cannot be automated: analysers count, and a pathologist sees shape, size and internal structure. That is specialist time, which is why the smear is dropped from cheaper bundles. ## The Five Findings Red Blood Cells: size, shape, colour and unusual forms. White Blood Cells: types, maturity, any immature cells. Platelets: adequacy on the slide and clumping. Hemoparasites: parasites seen or not seen. Impression: a written conclusion and suggested next step. ## Red Cells: Moving From "Low" to "Why" The CBC tells you Haemoglobin is low. The slide helps explain it: small pale cells (microcytic) point to iron deficiency or thalassemia trait, large cells (macrocytic) to B12 or folate deficiency, and sickle-shaped cells to sickle cell disease. Over 50% of Indian women aged 15–49 are anaemic (NFHS-5, 2019–21). Tiredness is easily put down to a hard day's work, so anaemia in people on their feet all day can go unchecked. ## White Cells and Platelets The pathologist looks for immature white cells. Blast cells can indicate leukaemia and need haematology review; the smear raises the suspicion but does not diagnose. For platelets, an analyser may read clumps as a dangerously low count. The slide shows whether the fall is real, which matters when dengue is being considered. ## Hemoparasites Dengue, malaria and chikungunya are endemic across Delhi NCR. The Hemoparasites finding states whether malarial parasites are visible in the blood. A smear does not diagnose dengue or chikungunya. One negative slide also does not rule out malaria when parasites are scarce, so a fever that persists needs a doctor's review and sometimes a repeat sample. ## Shift Work and the Sample Nothing on the slide needs a fast, so the draw can be timed before a shift, after it, or on a rest day. If you have just finished heavy physical work, white cell counts on the companion CBC may be transiently raised, so it helps to tell your doctor and to repeat a borderline result at rest. The cells on the smear are described in the same way regardless. ## Using the Report The report gives a plain line for each of the four cell headings and then the Impression. Show the Impression and your CBC to the doctor together. A smear describes one sample on one day: a normal result makes many blood diseases unlikely but cannot exclude conditions that need their own tests, and an abnormal one is a prompt for further testing rather than a diagnosis by itself. Keep the digital copy for any later visit. ## What Is Not Included This profile does not report numerical counts, Haemoglobin or ESR, which are in the Complete Blood Count (CBC) + ESR. It does not include Iron Studies, ferritin, Vitamin B12 or folate levels, Hb electrophoresis or HPLC, flow cytometry, a bone marrow examination, or dengue, malaria antigen or typhoid tests. A doctor may order any of these after reading the Impression. Each is a separate order. ## About the Laboratory Samples are processed at a NABL-accredited laboratory in our network. NABL accreditation is granted to individual laboratories after evaluation of their equipment, processes and personnel; it is not a company-wide certification, and HealthVas does not claim to hold it. ## Sources NFHS-5, 2019–21 Content last reviewed: October 2026

Fasting: Not required. Eat and drink normally; there is no need to rearrange a shift. Sample: One venous blood draw. The slide is prepared and read at the laboratory. Timing: Before a shift, after an hour's rest, or on a rest day all work. Tell your doctor if you had just done heavy physical work. Bring the CBC: The smear is read alongside a blood count. Keep a recent CBC available or add the Complete Blood Count (CBC) + ESR to the same draw. Medications and supplements: Mention recently started iron, B12 or folate, steroids or chemotherapy. Fever: Note when it began and any recent travel for your doctor. Home collection: Available across Faridabad, including NIT 1, NIT 3, Sector 8, 10, 12, 15, 16A, 21D, 28, 37, 46, Old Faridabad, Ballabgarh, Neharpar and Surajkund. Any charge is shown in the booking flow. Reports: Digital within 24 hours, with the pathologist's written Impression.