Nurses, what does "cc's" and cbc stand for?

Question

You hear it all the time on TV like "ER," but I've never heard what they stand for. They'll say something like I need 100 cc's of whatever, a cbc, and some other orders....

Answer 1

CC is cubic centimeter, and there's a push to use milliliters in place of cc's.
CBC stands for complete blood count, or hemogram. It measures the number and type of white blood cells, number and size of red blood cells, and an estimate of the number of platelets, but doesn't include any chemical analyses.

Answer 2

cc's is an abbreviation for cubic centimeters, a unit of volume measurement versus pints and quarts. cc coming from the first letters of the phrase.

CBC has to do with blood, as say a doctor ordering or requesting a kind of blood test to be used during transfusions, surgeries, etc. It stands for complete blood count or cell, I think.

Answer 3

What Does Cbc Stand For

Answer 4

"cc" stands for cubic centimeter which is a unit of measurement. 1 cc is equal to 1 ml (milliliter)

"cbc" stands for complete blood chemistry and is a blood test that measures things like liver and kidney health, blood sugar levels, cholesterol levels and so on.

Answer 5

cc is cubic centimeter
cbc is complete blood count

Answer 6

cc = cubic centimetre.

It's an old fashioned way of saying millilitre = ml

Answer 7

cc means cubic centimeters which is the same as ml, milliliters

cbc means complete blood count, hematicrit, hemoglobin , count, type and differential on white blood cells

STAT means as soon as possible, emergency

Answer 8

CC stands for "cubic centimeter". It's the same thing as a milliliter. A cup is about 240 CCs.

CBC stands for "complete blood count". It's a number of standard tests on blood, but not, as you might think, *all* the tests they can do on blood.

It includes:
* White blood cell (WBC) count is a count of the actual number of white blood cells per volume of blood. Both increases and decreases can be significant.
* White blood cell differential looks at the types of white blood cells present. There are five different types of white blood cells, each with its own function in protecting us from infection. The differential classifies a person's white blood cells into each type: neutrophils (also known as segs, PMNs, grans), lymphocytes, monocytes, eosinophils, and basophils.
* Red blood cell (RBC) count is a count of the actual number of red blood cells per volume of blood. Both increases and decreases can point to abnormal conditions.
* Hemoglobin measures the amount of oxygen-carrying protein in the blood.
* Hematocrit measures the amount of space red blood cells take up in the blood. It is reported as a percentage.
* The platelet count is the number of platelets in a given volume of blood. Both increases and decreases can point to abnormal conditions of excess bleeding or clotting. Mean platelet volume (MPV) is a machine-calculated measurement of the average size of your platelets. New platelets are larger, and an increased MPV occurs when increased numbers of platelets are being produced. MPV gives your doctor information about platelet production in your bone marrow.
* Mean corpuscular volume (MCV) is a measurement of the average size of your RBCs. The MCV is elevated when your RBCs are larger than normal (macrocytic), for example in anemia caused by vitamin B12 deficiency. When the MCV is decreased, your RBCs are smaller than normal (microcytic), such as is seen in iron deficiency anemia or thalassemias.
* Mean corpuscular hemoglobin (MCH) is a calculation of the amount of oxygen-carrying hemoglobin inside your RBCs. Since macrocytic RBCs are larger than either normal or microcytic RBCs, they would also tend to have higher MCH values.
* Mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC) is a calculation of the concentration of hemoglobin inside the RBCs. Decreased MCHC values (hypochromia) are seen in conditions where the hemoglobin is abnormally diluted inside the red cells, such as in iron deficiency anemia and in thalassemia. Increased MCHC values (hyperchromia) are seen in conditions where the hemoglobin is abnormally concentrated inside the red cells, such as in hereditary spherocytosis, a relatively rare congenital disorder.
* Red cell distribution width (RDW) is a calculation of the variation in the size of your RBCs. In some anemias, such as pernicious anemia, the amount of variation (anisocytosis) in RBC size (along with variation in shape – poikilocytosis) causes an increase in the RDW.

Answer 9

cc = cubic centimetres

cbc = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complete_blood_count