Arrange your collection
Choose your location, add the test to your care bag and select a time. If you are booking for someone else, assign the test to them in checkout.
Choose collection locationHaematology · Individual laboratory test
Absolute Neutrophil Count (ANC)
The ANC gives the number of neutrophils available to fight infection. It can be important during treatments that reduce white blood cell production.
Price for this test on its ownAED 115Test price AED 15
Clinical authorDr Nirupama SabhapathySpecialist Clinical Pathology
- Sample
- Whole Blood (EDTA)
- Laboratory turnaround
- 24 hours
- Collection
- Dubai
- Laboratory
- Intel Lab
Understanding the test
What does Absolute Neutrophil Count (ANC) measure?
Also called Neutrophil White Cells
The ANC is especially relevant when illness or treatment can lower infection-fighting cells. A clinician may follow the count across a treatment cycle.
When it may be requested
Assessing circulating defences
The count can help a clinician evaluate the degree of neutropenia.
Monitoring treatments
The timing of the sample matters when a treatment changes neutrophil production.
Before your sample
Prepare for collection
SpecimenWhole Blood (EDTA)
Your checklist
No fast is needed. If this is cancer-treatment monitoring, use the time and day set by your treating team and report steroid or white-cell stimulating treatment.
The clinician takes blood from a vein into a tube that keeps it from clotting. The collection team sends the labelled specimen to the laboratory.
Smart Report
Understanding your result
24 hoursLaboratory turnaround
Result guideAbsolute Neutrophil Count (ANC)
Reading your result
The level and duration of a decrease both matter. Your treating team can give specific fever instructions for your situation.
What can affect it
- A normal count does not exclude infection. A fever with known neutropenia needs prompt clinical advice.
From sample to follow-up
Your testing journey
Laboratory testAbsolute Neutrophil Count (ANC)
- Specimen
- Whole Blood (EDTA)
- Turnaround
- 24 hours
Open your laboratory report
Look for Absolute Neutrophil Count (ANC) in your report. Use the sample type and collection time when comparing it with an earlier report.
Explore Smart Report
Discuss the next step
If you receive treatment affecting immunity, ask your treating team for your individual fever action plan and when the count should next be checked.
Clinical expertise
Your laboratory team
Patient questions
Before you book
What if I develop a fever while being treated for low neutrophils?
Follow your treating team's urgent fever instructions and seek immediate medical advice. Waiting for a routine repeat count can delay care.
Can steroids, exercise or stress affect my neutrophil count?
Yes. Corticosteroids release neutrophils into the blood and keep them there, and strenuous exercise, a rushed journey or acute stress can briefly lift the count. Sit quietly for a few minutes before the sample is taken, and tell the team about any steroids, antibiotics or chemotherapy you take and when your last dose was, since timing changes how the result is read.
Why does my count fall after chemotherapy and then recover?
Chemotherapy targets rapidly dividing cells, including the neutrophil precursors in the bone marrow. Because mature neutrophils survive only briefly in the blood, the count falls once the supply from the marrow is interrupted, then climbs again as the marrow recovers between cycles.
KEEP EXPLORING
Explore health packages.
Open a package to see exactly which tests it includes.
Basic Health Checkup
Blood count, liver, kidney, cholesterol, blood sugar and urine tests: the essentials in one visit.
- biomarkers
- 63
- Samples
- Blood + Urine
- Listed turnaround
- 24 hours
AED 199
Explore package
Anemia Profile
A complete blood count, serum iron and vitamin B12 from one blood sample, to check for anaemia and two of its common causes.
- biomarkers
- 23
- Samples
- Blood
- Listed turnaround
- 24 hours
AED 129
Explore package
Advanced Health Checkup
A broad whole-body screen covering blood, urine and stool with kidney, liver, lipid, iron, diabetes and vitamin markers.
- biomarkers
- 72
- Samples
- Blood + Urine + Stool
- Listed turnaround
- 24 hours
AED 299
Explore package
Basic Wellness
A complete blood count with liver enzymes, cholesterol, kidney markers and fasting blood sugar from one blood sample.
- biomarkers
- 31
- Samples
- Blood
- Listed turnaround
- 24 hours
AED 129
Explore packageChoosing for a particular need?
We can help you read the options.
Your next step
Absolute Neutrophil Count (ANC) test at home.
Sources & further reading
Written by Dr Nirupama Sabhapathy, Specialist Clinical Pathology. Medically reviewed by Dr Joyce Jose, Specialist Clinical Pathology, on .
Catalogue information and AED price checked on 2 November 2026. Clinical suitability, preparation, collection arrangements and turnaround are confirmed for your selected test.