What does it mean when a reticulocyte count is said to be corrected?
Some clinical laboratory’s correct their reticulocyte counts by multiply the retic count times the patient/s hemtocrit over a normal hemtocrit – 36% for women and 45% for men. Example: a 7.6% retic count on a male was mutiplied by 30/45, giving a 5.1% corrected retic. If this was a female, it would be 7.6% X 30/36 = 6.
