Method for analyzing blood cells and reagent for blood cell analysis

Abstract

A method for analyzing blood cells includes acquiring first scattered light information, second scattered light information, and fluorescence information generated by irradiating a measurement sample that contains a particle stained with a fluorescent dye with a light of a first wavelength and a light of a second wavelength. The method includes identifying blood cells other than white blood cell from the particles in the measurement sample, with reference to the first scattered light information and the second scattered light information, and/or with reference to the first scattered light information and the fluorescence information. The method includes classifying the blood cells other than white blood cell into reticulocyte and platelet, with reference to the fluorescence information and the second scattered light information The first wavelength can be 315 nm or longer and 600 nm or shorter, and the second wavelength can be 610 nm or longer and 750 nm or shorter.

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