You may have results in 1-2 days, but it can take longer. Blood smear: Like the CBC, a blood smear gives a blood cell count. It also shows the shape of your blood cells. This helps your doctor ...

A handheld device could end invasive smear tests for 98 per cent of women. Women are invited by the NHS for their first smear test at the age of 25 and then have one every three years, dropping to ...

It has several possible causes. Results from a blood smear can also find mild anisopoikilocytosis. This means that the amount of red blood cells showing varying sizes and shapes is more moderate.

A blood smear and a muddy footprint on a toilet seat led police directly to a burglar's door. Adrian Perry, 56, broke into a cake shop Carrington Street in Nottingham city centre on January 4.