Study of Smoking Effects on Total WBCs Count and Phagocytic Activity of Clinical Laboratories Workers Blood in Al-Muthana Governorate | ||
| Engineering and Technology Journal | ||
| Article 1, Volume 34, 3B, March 2016, Pages 367-374 PDF (182.85 K) | ||
| DOI: 10.30684/etj.34.3B.3 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Weam S. Al-Hamadany; Shaymaa M. Jabbar; Huda T. Ali; Asmahan Y. Faram | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Clinical Laboratory workers undergo a periodic checkup as biosafety management's procedures; due to that, they are in continuous exposure to pathogens during such work. Smoking is a problem for healthy peoples, but as laboratory technicians, this subject was not under seeking before. Total WBCs count is a test listed in the clinical form depended by Ministry of Health, while phagocytosis activity is not. These two clinical parameters were estimated in this research in healthy volunteers Blood; working in Al-Muthana Governorate clinical laboratories, NBT test was used for Neutrophils activity evaluation. Results showed elevation in WBCs Total Counts and decrease in phagocytic activity; smoking caused more elevation in total count and lower percentages of active phagocytic Neutrophils comparing with the non-smokers obtained values. Conclusion: Periodic checkup in Iraq should be updated and smoking status must be included. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| smoking; Clinical laboratories workers; NBT; Total WBCs count; Periodic checkup; Phagocytic activity | ||
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