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 |
| ATM | Abbott Transport Medium |
| 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 |
| HPV | Human Papilloma Virus |
| HVS | High Virginial Swab |
| 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 |
| RPS | RNA Preservation Solution |
| 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) |
| TAL | Blood Bag Tail |
| 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 |