Value |
Display Name |
Interpretation |
Comment |
Usage Note |
Modification Date |
Active |
F10 |
10% Formalin |
|
Tissue preservative |
|
Jul 13 2015 |
|
C32 |
3.2% Citrate |
|
Blue top tube |
|
Jul 13 2015 |
|
C38 |
3.8% Citrate |
|
Blue top tube |
|
Jul 13 2015 |
|
HCL6 |
6N HCL |
|
24 HR Urine Additive |
|
Jul 13 2015 |
|
ACDA |
ACD Solution A |
|
Yellow top tube |
|
Jul 13 2015 |
|
ACDB |
ACD Solution B |
|
Yellow top tube |
|
Jul 13 2015 |
|
ACET |
Acetic Acid |
|
Urine preservative |
|
Jul 13 2015 |
|
AMIES |
Amies transport medium |
|
Protozoa |
|
Jul 13 2015 |
|
HEPA |
Ammonium heparin |
|
Green top tube |
|
Jul 13 2015 |
|
BACTM |
Bacterial Transport medium |
|
Microbiological culture |
|
Jul 13 2015 |
|
BOR |
Borate Boric Acid |
|
24HR Urine Additive |
|
Jul 13 2015 |
|
BOUIN |
Bouin's solution |
|
Tissue |
|
Jul 13 2015 |
|
BF10 |
Buffered 10% formalin |
|
Tissue |
|
Jul 13 2015 |
|
WEST |
Buffered Citrate (Westergren Sedimentation Rate) |
|
Black top tube |
|
Jul 13 2015 |
|
BSKM |
Buffered skim milk |
|
Viral isolation |
|
Jul 13 2015 |
|
CARS |
Carson's Modified 10% formalin |
|
Tissue |
|
Jul 13 2015 |
|
CARY |
Cary Blair Medium |
|
Stool Cultures |
|
Jul 13 2015 |
|
CHLTM |
Chlamydia transport medium |
|
Chlamydia culture |
|
Jul 13 2015 |
|
CTAD |
CTAD (this should be spelled out if not universally understood) |
|
Blue top tube |
|
Jul 13 2015 |
|
ENT |
Enteric bacteria transport medium |
|
Bacterial culture |
|
Jul 13 2015 |
|
ENT+ |
Enteric plus |
|
Stool Cultures |
|
Jul 13 2015 |
|
JKM |
Jones Kendrick Medium |
|
Bordetella pertussis |
|
Jul 13 2015 |
|
KARN |
Karnovsky's fixative |
|
Tissue |
|
Jul 13 2015 |
|
LIA |
Lithium iodoacetate |
|
Gray top tube |
|
Jul 13 2015 |
|
HEPL |
Lithium/Li Heparin |
|
Green top tube |
|
Jul 13 2015 |
|
M4 |
M4 |
|
Microbiological culture |
|
Jul 13 2015 |
|
M4RT |
M4-RT |
|
Microbiological culture |
|
Jul 13 2015 |
|
M5 |
M5 |
|
Microbiological culture |
|
Jul 13 2015 |
|
MICHTM |
Michel's transport medium |
|
IF tests |
|
Jul 13 2015 |
|
MMDTM |
MMD transport medium |
|
Immunofluorescence |
|
Jul 13 2015 |
|
HNO3 |
Nitric Acid |
|
Urine |
|
Jul 13 2015 |
|
NONE |
None |
|
Red or Pink top tube |
|
Jul 13 2015 |
|
PAGE |
Pages's Saline |
|
Acanthaoemba |
|
Jul 13 2015 |
|
PHENOL |
Phenol |
|
24 Hr Urine Additive |
|
Jul 13 2015 |
|
KOX |
Potassium Oxalate |
|
Gray top tube |
|
Jul 13 2015 |
|
EDTK |
Potassium/K EDTA |
|
Deprecated. Replaced by EDTK15 and EDTK75 |
|
Jul 13 2015 |
|
EDTK15 |
Potassium/K EDTA 15% |
|
Purple top tube |
|
Jul 13 2015 |
|
EDTK75 |
Potassium/K EDTA 7.5% |
|
Purple top tube |
|
Jul 13 2015 |
|
PVA |
PVA (polyvinylalcohol) |
|
O&P |
|
Jul 13 2015 |
|
RLM |
Reagan Lowe Medium |
|
Bordetella pertussis cultures |
|
Jul 13 2015 |
|
SST |
Serum Separator Tube (Polymer Gel) |
|
'Tiger' Top tube |
|
Jul 13 2015 |
|
SILICA |
Siliceous earth, 12 mg |
|
Gray top tube |
|
Jul 13 2015 |
|
NAF |
Sodium Fluoride |
|
Gray top tube |
|
Jul 13 2015 |
|
FL100 |
Sodium Fluoride, 100mg |
|
Urine |
|
Jul 13 2015 |
|
FL10 |
Sodium Fluoride, 10mg |
|
Urine |
|
Jul 13 2015 |
|
NAPS |
Sodium polyanethol sulfonate 0.35% in 0.85% sodium chloride |
|
Yellow (Blood Culture) |
|
Jul 13 2015 |
|
HEPN |
Sodium/Na Heparin |
|
Green top tube |
|
Jul 13 2015 |
|
EDTN |
Sodium/Na EDTA |
|
Dark Blue top tube |
|
Jul 13 2015 |
|
SPS |
SPS(this should be spelled out if not universally understood) |
|
Anticoagulant w/o bacteriocidal properties |
|
Jul 13 2015 |
|
STUTM |
Stuart transport medium |
|
Bacterial culture |
|
Jul 13 2015 |
|
THROM |
Thrombin |
|
Orange or Grey/Yellow (STAT Chem) |
|
Jul 13 2015 |
|
FDP |
Thrombin NIH; soybean trypsin inhibitor (Fibrin Degradation Products) |
|
Dark Blue top tube |
|
Jul 13 2015 |
|
THYMOL |
Thymol |
|
24 Hr Urine Additive |
|
Jul 13 2015 |
|
THYO |
Thyoglycollate broth |
|
Bacterial Isolation |
|
Jul 13 2015 |
|
TOLU |
Toluene |
|
24 Hr Urine Additive |
|
Jul 13 2015 |
|
URETM |
Ureaplasma transport medium |
|
Ureaplasma culture |
|
Jul 13 2015 |
|
VIRTM |
Viral Transport medium |
|
Virus cultures |
|
Jul 13 2015 |
|