| 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 |
|