The patient is a pregnant female who is 33 years-old. She is 39 weeks into the pregnancy. The blood sample was obtained through a routine venipuncture in the delivery room. Neutrophils = 61% Bands = 3% Myelocytes = 1% Eosinophils = 4% Basophils = 1% Lymphocytes = 22% Monocytes = 8% 1. What is(are) the potential interfering substances occurring in the non-white blood cell area? 2. Examination of the peripheral blood smear indicated the presence of 458 NRBCs/100 WBCs. What is the corrected WBC count?

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