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 |