MYTHIC 18

TECHNICAL NOTE
TN 05/05/001
MYTHIC 18
ALARMS EXPLANATION

Alarms

MYTHIC 18 manages 17 different alarms. These alarms allow the user to be alerted if there is a
mistake which can affect the quality of the results. All of these alarms appear on the right of
the result.

In presence of one or more alarms, it is recommended to check the result by a

conventional measure or on blood smear.

NOTA : Most of these alarms can be modified by the user (see section 3 of the User’s Manual).

1. General Flags

The following alarms are common for all parameters.

* : Counting or measure rejection . Can appear with WBC, RBC, PLT and HGB (see section 8.5.3
of the User’s Manual for HGB)
XXXD : Higher than linearity limits but lower than the reportable limits. WBC, RBC, PLT, HCT,
HGB.
+++D : Higher than the reportable limits. WBC, RBC, PLT, HCT, HGB.
---- : Rejected value.
h : results higher than normal value.
b : results lower than normal value.
H : results higher than panic value.
B : results lower than panic value.
 2. Leucocyte Flags

CL1 CL1-2

CL2-2 CL2 CL2-3 CL4 CL5

FLAG CHANNELS MEANS % VALUE # VALUE

FL1 CL1 to CL1-2 Platelet aggregate or Percentage of cells in the Number of cells in
erythroblast zone in regard of the the zone.
number of lymphocytes.
FL2 CL2 to CL2-2 Presence of Percentage of cells in the Number of cells in
Myelocytes, zone in regard of the the zone.
lymphoblast or total number of
basophiles leucocytes.
FL3 CL2 to CL2-3 Presence of Percentage of cells in the Number of cells in
eosinophiles, zone in regard of the the zone.
myelocytes total number of
leucocytes.
FL4 CL4 Granulocyte volume Not Available Channel value
too low
FL5 CL5 to the end Presence of large size Percentage of cells in the Number of cells in
cells zone in regard of the the zone.
number of granulocytes.
 3. Erythrocyte and HGB Flags

CR1 CR2

FLAG CHANNELS MEANS % VALUE # VALUE

FR1 0 to CR1 Abnormal quantity of Percentage of cells in the Number of cells in
microcytes at the left zone in regard of the the zone.
side number of erythrocyte.
FR2 CR2 to the Abnormal quantity of Percentage of cells in the Number of cells in
end macrocytes at the right zone in regard of the the zone.
side number of erythrocyte.
* Appear Bad measure of the HGB Not Available Not Available
with HGB blank.
result.
 4. Platelet Flags

CP3-2

CP1 CP2 P CP3

FLAG CHANNELS MEANS % VALUE # VALUE

FP1 0 to CP1 Presence of abnormal Percentage of cells in the Number of cells in
quantity of debris or zone in regard of the the zone.
small cells number of platelets until
P.
FP2 P to CP2 Presence of Percentage of cells in the Number of cells in
schizocytes zone in regard of the the zone.
number of platelets until
P.
FP3 CP3 to CP3-2 Presence of microcytes Percentage of cells in the Number of cells in
zone in regard of the the zone.
number of platelets until
P.

5. Machine Flags

INS_T = Means that the working temperature is lower than 17°C or higher than 33°C and the
result could be affected.
INS_P = Means that the vacuum counting is out of range, if the flag appears at each cycle,
please contact your Orphée’s representative.