Complete Blood Count
Your red cells, white cells and platelets, counted and sized.
The broadest single blood test there is — it picks up anaemia, infection and clotting problems.
What this panel contains
- Absolute Basophil Count
- Absolute Eosinophil Count
- Absolute Lymphocyte Count
- Absolute Monocyte Count
- Absolute Neutrophil Count
- Basophils
- Eosinophils
- Hematocrit / PCV
- Hemoglobin
- Immature Granulocyte Count
- Immature Granulocytes
- Lymphocytes
- MCH
- MCHC
- MCV
- Mean Platelet Volume
- Monocytes
- Neutrophils
- Nucleated RBC
- Nucleated RBC Percentage
- Platelet Count
- Platelet Distribution Width
- Platelet Large Cell Count
- Platelet Large Cell Ratio
- Plateletcrit
- RBC Count
- RDW
- RDW-SD
- WBC Count
How we rate it — Essential
Defensible in a routine adult check-up.
This rating and the description above were written against published screening guidelines by someone who is not a clinician, and are awaiting review by one. We would rather say that than imply an authority we do not have.
Check-ups that include it
None of the health check-up packages we track include this test.
Also sold as
Every one of these names refers to this same test. Resolving them to one canonical entry is what makes an honest comparison possible.
cbc · cbc with esr · complete blood count · complete haemogram · complete hemogram · haemogram · hemogram
Information here is for comparing packages, not for diagnosing yourself. Talk to a doctor about which tests you actually need.