| Code | Description | Nederlands (Dutch) | 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 | 3,2% Citraat | Blue top tube | added v2.4 |
| C38 | 3.8% Citrate | 3,8% Citraat | 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 |
Terminology
. Page versions: R4 R3 R2
. Related FHIR content: v2 Additive/Preservative.
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