Additive codes

This section lists all of the additive codes available in LDMS.

Code Description
ACD Acid Citrate Dextrose
AG1 ESAT 6-free cocktail 1
AG2 ESAT 6-free Cherry pick
AHP Ammonium Heparin
APT Allprotect
BBL CultureSwab Kit
BFM Bacterial Freezing Media
BOR Boric Acid
BSA Bovine Serum Albumin
BTM Biopsy Transport Media
CPD Citrate Phosphate Dextrose
CPH Cell Preparation Tube Heparin
CPS Cell Preparation Tube SCI
CTK Culture Transport Kit
DFA Desferoxamine
DHP Double dosage of Heparin
DPE Spray Dried EDTA
DSE Spray Dried Sodium EDTA
EDT EDTA
ELB elution buffer
END Endometrial Tissue
ETH Ethanol
FFN Fetal Fibronectin Buffer
FFP Formalin-Fixed, Paraffin Embedded
FMD Formaldehyde
FOR Formalin
GEN GenAptima Media
GIT Guanidine Isothiocyanate (GITC)
GLT Glutaraldehyde
GRB Guanidine Reduction Buffer
H2O Water
HEP Heparin
ISO Isohelix kit
IST Internal Standard
LHG Lithium Heparin and Gel for Plasma
LHP Lithium Heparin
LIN LoBind tube lined with 5% BSA
LOB LoBind Tube
LPE Liquid Potassium EDTA
LSE Liquid Sodium EDTA
LYB Lysis Buffer
MBK Microbank tube
MPA Metaphosphoric Acid
MSA Mannitol Salt Agar
NOH Sodium Hydroxide
NON None
NOR Normasol
NSL Normal Saline
NUC NUNC Tube
OCT Optimum Cutting Temperature Medium
OMN Omnigen Collection Tube
ORA OraSure Collection Container
ORG Oragene Collection Container
OTH Other
PAC Port-a-cul Transport Tube
PAX PAXgene Blood RNA tube
PBS Phosphate Buffered Saline
PCT PreservCyt: ThinPrep collection media
PED Potassium EDTA
PFM Paraformaldahyde
PI1 S8820 Sigma SIGMAFAST? Protease Inhibitor Tablets
PIA Pseudomonas Isolation Agar
PLP PLP Fixative
PPT Plasma Preparation Tube
PRO ProbeTec Media
PXD Paxgene tube DNA Extraction
QAG QFT-TB Ag Red Cap
QMT QFT-Mitogen Purple Cap
QNL QFT-Nil Grey Cap
QTF QuantiFERON-TB Gold Assay
QTG QFT-TB1 Ag Green Cap
QTY QFT-TB2 Ag Yellow Cap
RBE Royal blue - EDTA
RBN Royal blue - no anticoagulant
RLS Ringer's Lactate Solution
RNL RNALater
RNP RNAprotect
ROC Roche Media
RPM RPMI 1640 Medium
SBC Sodium Bicarbonate
SCC Steck Cyto-Chex tubes - stabilized
SCI Sodium Citrate
SED Sodium EDTA
SFE Sodium Fluoride/Na2EDTA
SFL Sodium Fluoride
SIA Sulfite Iron Agar
SKM Skim Milk
SNP Snap/Flash Freeze
SPH Sucrose Phosphate
SPO Sodium Fluoride/Potassium Oxalate
SPS Sodium Polyanetholesulfonate
SST Serum Separator
STG Skim milk-Tryptone-Glucose-Glycerin Medium (STGG)
TBD Specimen type to be defined
TBS Tris-Buffered Saline
TCD tween chlorhexidine digluconate
TEM Tempus Tube
TFM Tissue Freezing Medium
TFX Tissue Fix
THM Thrombin
TMS Transport Medium-Stuarts
TRC TruCulture Tube
TVT TransFix Vacuum Blood Collection Tube
UNK Unknown Additive
URM Urine Transport Media
UTM Universal Transport Media
VTM Viral Transport Media
ZRD Zymo RNA/DNA shield