| Code | Display | Comments |
| ACDA | ACD Solution A | | Yellow top tube |
| ACDB | ACD Solution B | | Yellow top tube |
| ACET | Acetic Acid | | Urine preservative |
| AMIES | Amies transport medium | | Protozoa |
| BACTM | Bacterial Transport medium | | Microbiological culture |
| BF10 | Buffered 10% formalin | | Tissue |
| BOR | Borate Boric Acid | | 24HR Urine Additive |
| BOUIN | Bouin's solution | | Tissue |
| BSKM | Buffered skim milk | | Viral isolation |
| C32 | 3.2% Citrate | | Blue top tube |
| C38 | 3.8% Citrate | | Blue top tube |
| CARS | Carson's Modified 10% formalin | | Tissue |
| CARY | Cary Blair Medium | | Stool Cultures |
| CHLTM | Chlamydia transport medium | | Chlamydia culture |
| CTAD | CTAD (this should be spelled out if not universally understood) | | Blue top tube |
| EDTK | Potassium/K EDTA | | Deprecated. Replaced by EDTK15 and EDTK75 |
| EDTK15 | Potassium/K EDTA 15% | | Purple top tube |
| EDTK75 | Potassium/K EDTA 7.5% | | Purple top tube |
| EDTN | Sodium/Na EDTA | | Dark Blue top tube |
| ENT | Enteric bacteria transport medium | | Bacterial culture |
| ENT+ | Enteric plus | | Stool Cultures |
| F10 | 10% Formalin | | Tissue preservative |
| FDP | Thrombin NIH; soybean trypsin inhibitor (Fibrin Degradation Products) | | Dark Blue top tube |
| FL10 | Sodium Fluoride, 10mg | | Urine |
| FL100 | Sodium Fluoride, 100mg | | Urine |
| HCL6 | 6N HCL | | 24 HR Urine Additive |
| HEPA | Ammonium heparin | | Green top tube |
| HEPL | Lithium/Li Heparin | | Green top tube |
| HEPN | Sodium/Na Heparin | | Green top tube |
| HNO3 | Nitric Acid | | Urine |
| JKM | Jones Kendrick Medium | | Bordetella pertussis |
| KARN | Karnovsky's fixative | | Tissue |
| KOX | Potassium Oxalate | | Gray top tube |
| LIA | Lithium iodoacetate | | Gray top tube |
| M4 | M4 | | Microbiological culture |
| M4RT | M4-RT | | Microbiological culture |
| M5 | M5 | | Microbiological culture |
| MICHTM | Michel's transport medium | | IF tests |
| MMDTM | MMD transport medium | | Immunofluorescence |
| NAF | Sodium Fluoride | | Gray top tube |
| NAPS | Sodium polyanethol sulfonate 0.35% in 0.85% sodium chloride | | Yellow (Blood Culture) |
| NONE | None | | Red or Pink top tube |
| PAGE | Pages's Saline | | Acanthaoemba |
| PHENOL | Phenol | | 24 Hr Urine Additive |
| PVA | PVA (polyvinylalcohol) | | O&P |
| RLM | Reagan Lowe Medium | | Bordetella pertussis cultures |
| SILICA | Siliceous earth, 12 mg | | Gray top tube |
| SPS | SPS(this should be spelled out if not universally understood) | | Anticoagulant w/o bacteriocidal properties |
| SST | Serum Separator Tube (Polymer Gel) | | 'Tiger' Top tube |
| STUTM | Stuart transport medium | | Bacterial culture |
| THROM | Thrombin | | Orange or Grey/Yellow (STAT Chem) |
| THYMOL | Thymol | | 24 Hr Urine Additive |
| THYO | Thyoglycollate broth | | Bacterial Isolation |
| TOLU | Toluene | | 24 Hr Urine Additive |
| URETM | Ureaplasma transport medium | | Ureaplasma culture |
| VIRTM | Viral Transport medium | | Virus cultures |
| WEST | Buffered Citrate (Westergren Sedimentation Rate) | | Black top tube |
