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name: hematology-assessment
description: Use when asked to administer, score, or explain a Hematology Assessment — full blood count, coagulation, and haemoglobinopathy evaluation with a composite haematological risk classification — grounded in FormExamples/form-examples.
---

# Hematology Assessment

Haematological evaluation covering complete blood count, coagulation
studies, peripheral blood film, iron studies, haemoglobinopathy
screening, bone-marrow review, transfusion history, and current
treatment, producing a composite haematological risk classification.

## Scoring

**Instrument:** CBC Interpretation + Haematological Risk Score.

- **Normal** — all indices within reference range.
- **Mild** — isolated abnormality, non-urgent follow-up.
- **Moderate** — multi-line abnormality or coagulation disturbance
  requiring specialist review.
- **Severe** — pancytopenia, active bleeding diathesis, or haemolysis —
  urgent haematology referral.

## What it covers

Patient information; blood count analysis; coagulation studies;
peripheral blood film; iron studies; haemoglobinopathy screening; bone
marrow assessment; transfusion history; treatment and medications; and
clinical review.

## Common pitfalls

- **Interpreting an isolated abnormal index without the full CBC
  pattern** — a single low or high value can mean very different things
  depending on the pattern across other indices (e.g. isolated vs.
  multi-line abnormality changes the urgency category entirely).
- **Missing medication-induced haematological effects** — many common
  drugs (certain antibiotics, chemotherapy, some anticoagulants) affect
  blood counts or coagulation; treatment review is not optional context.
- **Treating "mild, isolated abnormality" as requiring no follow-up at
  all** — the category calls for non-urgent follow-up, not no
  follow-up; an isolated abnormality can still be an early signal worth
  tracking.

## Learn more

- [FormExamples: hematology-assessment](https://github.com/FormExamples/form-examples/tree/main/forms/hematology-assessment) for the full implementation, clinical references, and worked examples.