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.
Red cell distribution width or RDW is a parameter that measures variation in red blood cell size or red blood cell volume. A high RDW (over 14.5%) means that the red blood cells vary a lot in size. A normal RDW is 11.6 to 14.6%, but researchers from the Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute found that patients with a RDW level greater than or equal to 12.9% had an increased risk for depression. The new study found that the higher the RDW, the greater the risk for depression for patients.