Abstract :
The laboratory has an important role in helping to establish the diagnosis.
Therefore laboratory results must be absolutely precise and describe the actual
state of the patient. Platelet count is one of the important tests used to support the
diagnosis of a disease. Before the examination is done, blood and anticoagulants
are homogenized first, homogenization aims to prevent clots from forming which
can affect the results of the examination. Homogenization can be done in two
ways, manually and automatically. The purpose of this literature study is to
determine differences in the results of the number of platelets that are
homogenized manually and automatically.
This research study of literature uses descriptive analysis method which is
sourced from thesis and scientific journals. Analysis of the data from this study is
to look for similarities in each journal related to differences in the number of
platelet counts that are homogenized manually and automatically.
The mean of platelet counts that are homogenized manually and
automatically are 283.678 dan 279.035 with P-value 0,499, 238.280 dan 240.080
with P-value > 0,05, 197.200 dan 195.300 with P-value > 0,05, dan 201.600 dan
203.000 with P-value > 0,05
The conclusion from this literature study is that there is no difference
between the results of counting the number of platelets that are homogenized
manually and automatically.