October, 03 Prescribing Privileges for Optometrists Saskatchewan College of Pharmacists With the passage of The Pharmacy Act, 1996 and Bylaws, other legislation has become effective to provide optometrists with prescribing privileges.
Red cell distribution width (RDW) laboratory test is a part of a standard complete blood count (CBC), and it is used along with other RBC indices, especially mean corpuscular volume (MCV) to help determine the causes of anemia.ed cell distribution width (RDW) is a parameter that measures variation in red blood cell size or red blood cell volume.
A high RDW blood test result may indicate anemia due to either iron deficiency or a deficiency of folate and vitamin B12, according to Wikipedia. It may also be a result of a recent hemorrhage. False high RDW readings sometimes occur when the wrong type of blood is used for the test. As MedFriendly explains, other causes for a high RDW test result include liver disease and hemolytic anemia.