| Code | Description | Comment | Version |
| acda | ACD Solution A | Yellow top tube | added v2.5 |
| acdb | ACD Solution B | Yellow top tube | added v2.5 |
| acet | Acetic Acid | Urine preservative | added v2.5 |
| amies | Amies transport medium | Protozoa | added v2.5 |
| bactm | Bacterial Transport medium | Microbiological culture | added v2.5 |
| bf10 | Buffered 10% formalin | Tissue | added v2.5 |
| bor | Borate Boric Acid | 24HR Urine Additive | added v2.4 |
| bouin | Bouin's solution | Tissue | added v2.5 |
| bskm | Buffered skim milk | Viral isolation | added v2.5 |
| c32 | 3.2% Citrate | Blue top tube | added v2.4 |
| c38 | 3.8% Citrate | Blue top tube | added v2.4 |
| cars | Carson's Modified 10% formalin | Tissue | added v2.5 |
| cary | Cary Blair Medium | Stool Cultures | added v2.5 |
| chltm | Chlamydia transport medium | Chlamydia culture | added v2.5 |
| ctad | CTAD (this should be spelled out if not universally understood) | Blue top tube | added v2.5 |
| edtk | Potassium/K EDTA | Deprecated. Replaced by EDTK15 and EDTK75 | added v2.4 |
| edtk15 | Potassium/K EDTA 15% | Purple top tube | added v2.5 |
| edtk75 | Potassium/K EDTA 7.5% | Purple top tube | added v2.5 |
| edtn | Sodium/Na EDTA | Dark Blue top tube | added v2.4 |
| ent | Enteric bacteria transport medium | Bacterial culture | added v2.5 |
| ent+ | Enteric plus | Stool Cultures | added v2.5 |
| f10 | 10% Formalin | Tissue preservative | added v2.5 |
| fdp | Thrombin NIH; soybean trypsin inhibitor (Fibrin Degradation Products) | Dark Blue top tube | added v2.5 |
| fl10 | Sodium Fluoride, 10mg | Urine | added v2.5 |
| fl100 | Sodium Fluoride, 100mg | Urine | added v2.5 |
| hcl6 | 6N HCL | 24 HR Urine Additive | added v2.4 |
| hepa | Ammonium heparin | Green top tube | added v2.5 |
| hepl | Lithium/Li Heparin | Green top tube | added v2.4 |
| hepn | Sodium/Na Heparin | Green top tube | added v2.4 |
| hno3 | Nitric Acid | Urine | added v2.5 |
| jkm | Jones Kendrick Medium | Bordetella pertussis | added v2.5 |
| karn | Karnovsky's fixative | Tissue | added v2.5 |
| kox | Potassium Oxalate | Gray top tube | added v2.5 |
| lia | Lithium iodoacetate | Gray top tube | added v2.5 |
| m4 | M4 | Microbiological culture | added v2.5 |
| m4rt | M4-RT | Microbiological culture | added v2.5 |
| m5 | M5 | Microbiological culture | added v2.5 |
| michtm | Michel's transport medium | IF tests | added v2.5 |
| mmdtm | MMD transport medium | Immunofluorescence | added v2.5 |
| naf | Sodium Fluoride | Gray top tube | added v2.5 |
| naps | Sodium polyanethol sulfonate 0.35% in 0.85% sodium chloride | Yellow (Blood Culture) | added v2.5 |
| none | None | Red or Pink top tube | added v2.5 |
| page | Pages's Saline | Acanthaoemba | added v2.5 |
| phenol | Phenol | 24 Hr Urine Additive | added v2.5 |
| pva | PVA (polyvinylalcohol) | O&P | added v2.5 |
| rlm | Reagan Lowe Medium | Bordetella pertussis cultures | added v2.5 |
| silica | Siliceous earth, 12 mg | Gray top tube | added v2.5 |
| sps | SPS(this should be spelled out if not universally understood) | Anticoagulant w/o bacteriocidal properties | added v2.5 |
| sst | Serum Separator Tube (Polymer Gel) | 'Tiger' Top tube | added v2.5 |
| stutm | Stuart transport medium | Bacterial culture | added v2.5 |
| throm | Thrombin | Orange or Grey/Yellow (STAT Chem) | added v2.5 |
| thymol | Thymol | 24 Hr Urine Additive | added v2.5 |
| thyo | Thyoglycollate broth | Bacterial Isolation | added v2.5 |
| tolu | Toluene | 24 Hr Urine Additive | added v2.5 |
| uretm | Ureaplasma transport medium | Ureaplasma culture | added v2.5 |
| virtm | Viral Transport medium | Virus cultures | added v2.5 |
| west | Buffered Citrate (Westergren Sedimentation Rate) | Black top tube | added v2.5 |