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.
RDW is a medical abbreviation that stands for Red Blood Cell Distribution Width. It is a measurement of the size of red blood cells. RDW is routinely tested for during a Complete Blood Count, CBC. A normal RDW range for adults is 10.2 - 14.6. Expect normal RDW to vary from testing lab to testing lab. Low values can suggest anemia while high values are sometimes seen in liver disease and vitamin B -12 deficiency cases. An interesting fact about higher than normal RDW results is that it is a strong predictor of early death.