Tube: Lavender, EDTA, 8-10 inversions, whole blood Department: Hematology Purpose: identify leukopenia and leukocytosis Diff: % of each type of WBC in the blood
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white blood cell abbreviation
WBC
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WBC normal value
4,500 to 11,000 WBCs per microliter (4.5 to 11.0 × 109/L)
150,000 to 400,000 platelets per microliter (mcL) or 150 to 400 × 109/L
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Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate
Tube: Lavender, EDTA, 8-10 inversions, whole blood Department: Hematology Purpose: Evaluate the nonspecific activity of infections, inflammatory states
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Erythrocyte sedimentation rate
ESR
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Tests included in hemogram
Hematocrit; hemoglobin; MCH; MCHC; MCV; RDW; red blood cell count (RBC); platelet count; white blood cell count (WBC)
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What tests in a Complete Blood Count
(hemogram + differential)
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Prothrombin time with INR
Tube: blue, na citrate, whole blood or plasma, 3-4 inversions Department: Coagulation Instructions: 2.7 mL-sized tube filled to 90% capacity or 1.8 mL-sized tube filled to 90% capacity Purpose: Eval of the extrinsic coag system; this test is used clinically for the therapeutic monitoring of warfarin (Coumadin®) anticoagulant therapy.
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Prothrombin time with International Normalized Ratio abbreviation
PT with INR
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Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time
Tube: blue, na citrate, whole blood or plasma, 3-4 inversions Department: Coagulation Instructions: 2.7 mL-sized tube filled to 90% capacity or 1.8 mL-sized tube filled to 90% capacity Purpose: intrinsic coag pathway
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Abbreviation Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time
APTT
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Fibrinogen
Tube: blue, na citrate, whole blood or plasma, 3-4 inversions Department: Coagulation Instructions: 2.7 mL-sized tube filled to 90% capacity or 1.8 mL-sized tube filled to 90% capacity Purpose: Diagnosis of homozygous and heterozygous fibrinogen deficiency as well as dysfibrinogenemia;
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d-dimer
Tube: blue, na citrate, whole blood or plasma, 3-4 inversions Department: Coagulation Instructions: 2.7 mL-sized tube filled to 90% capacity or 1.8 mL-sized tube filled to 90% capacity Purpose: to exclude deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE)
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albumin
Tube: Red-top tube, gel-barrier tube, or green-top; Serum (preferred) or plasma Department: Chemistry Purpose: Evaluation of nutritional status, blood oncotic pressure; evaluation of renal disease with proteinuria and other chronic diseases.
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alkaline phosphatase
Tube: Red-top tube, gel-barrier tube, or green-top; Serum (preferred) or plasma Department: Chemistry Purpose: evaluate bone issues
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Alkaline phosphatase abbreviation
ALP
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Alanine aminotransferase
Tube: Red-top tube, gel-barrier tube, or green-top; Serum (preferred) or plasma Department: Chemistry Purpose: A liver function test
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Alanine aminotransferase abbreviation
ALT, SGPT
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Amylase
Tube: Red-top tube, gel-barrier tube, or green-top; Serum (preferred) or plasma Department: Chemistry Purpose: acute pancreatitis as well as acute surgical emergencies such as gastrointestinal perforation (eg, peptic ulcer with perforation) or bowel infarct.
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Amylase abbreviation
Amy
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Aspartate aminotransferase
Tube: Red-top tube, gel-barrier tube, or green-top; Serum (preferred) or plasma Department: Chemistry Purpose: Liver function test
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Aspartate aminotransferase
AST/SGOT
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Bilirubin, Total
Tube: Red-top tube, gel-barrier tube, or green-top; Serum (preferred) or plasma Department: Chemistry Instructions: separate from cells within 45 minutes of collection, protect from light Purpose: liver disease
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bilirubin total abbreviation
tbil
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Bilirubin, direct
Tube: Red-top tube, gel-barrier tube, or green-top; Serum (preferred) or plasma Department: Chemistry Instructions: separate from cells within 45 minutes of collection, protect from light Purpose: Evaluate liver and biliary disease.
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bilirubin, direct abbreviation
dbil
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blood urea nitrogen
Tube: Red-top tube, gel-barrier tube, or green-top; Serum (preferred) or plasma Department: Chemistry Instructions: separate from cells within 45 minutes Purpose: Renal (Kidney) function test
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blood urea nitrogen abbreviation
BUN
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calcium
Tube: Red-top tube, gel-barrier tube, or green-top; Serum (preferred) or plasma Department: Chemistry Instructions: separate from cells within 45 minutes. morning fasting is desirable Purpose: Hyperparathyroidism; Carcinoma; Myeloma etc
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Calcium abbreviation
Ca
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Chloride
Tube: Red-top tube, gel-barrier tube, or green-top; Serum (preferred) or plasma Department: Chemistry Instructions: separate from cells within 45 minutes. Purpose: Evaluate electrolytes, acid-base balance, water balance.
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Chloride abbreviation
Cl
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cholesterol
Tube: Red-top tube, gel-barrier tube, or green-top; Serum (preferred) or plasma Department: Chemistry Instructions: separate from cells within 45 minutes. Fasting specimen required Purpose: Evaluate lipid status and metabolic disorders.
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Cholesterol abbreviation
Chol
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Cholesterol Normal values
Normal: age 0 to 19 \=acceptable:
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creatinine
Tube: Red-top tube, gel-barrier tube, or green-top; Serum (preferred) or plasma Department: Chemistry Instructions: separate from cells within 45 minutes Purpose: renal (kidney) function test
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creatinine abbreviation
creat
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creatine kinase
Tube: Red-top tube, gel-barrier tube, or green-top; Serum (preferred) or plasma Department: Chemistry Instructions: Separate serum or plasma from cells. . Avoid exercise before collection Purpose: Test for acute myocardial infarct and for skeletal muscular damage;
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creatine kinase Abbreviation
CK
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ferritin
Tube: Red-top tube, gel-barrier tube, or green-top; Serum (preferred) or plasma Department: Chemistry Instructions: Separate serum or plasma from cells. Purpose: Diagnose anemias. Decreased in iron deficiency anemia and increased in iron overload.
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Follicle-stimulating hormone
Tube: Red-top tube, gel-barrier tube, or green-top; Serum (preferred) or plasma Department: Chemistry Instructions: Separate serum or plasma from cells. Purpose: Useful in defining menstrual cycle phases in infertility evaluation of women and testicular dysfunction in men.
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follicle stimulating hormone abbreviation
FSH
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glucose
Tube: Red-top tube, gel-barrier tube, or green-top; Serum (preferred) or plasma Department: Chemistry Instructions: Separate serum or plasma from cells. fasting specimen preferred Purpose: Diagnose diabetes mellitus; evaluate disorders of carbohydrate metabolism including alcoholism;
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Glucose normal value
70-110 mg/dL
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human chorionic gonadotropin
Tube: Red-top tube, gel-barrier tube, or green-top; Serum (preferred) or plasma Department: Chemistry Instructions: Separate serum or plasma from cells. Purpose: pregnancy test
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human chorionic gonadotropin abbreviation
hCG
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glycosylated hemoglobin
Tube:Lavender-top (EDTA) tube, green-top (lithium heparin) tube, or gray-top (sodium fluoride) tube; whole blood Department: chemistry Purpose: used to assess glucose control in diabetes
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glycosylated hemoglobin normal value
Normal:Hemoglobin (Hb) A1c: 4.8% to 5.6% • Prediabetes: 5.7% to 6.4% • Diabetes: ≥6.5% • Glycemic control for adults with diabetes:
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glycosylated hemoglobin abbreviation
hgb A1C or just A1C
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Iron
Tube: Red-top tube, gel-barrier tube, or green-top; Serum (preferred) or plasma Department: Chemistry Instructions: Separate serum or plasma from cells. Purpose: Aid in the evaluation of a number of conditions involving red cell production and destruction, iron metabolism, or iron transport
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Iron abbreviation
Fe
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Luetinizing Hormone (LH)
Tube: Red-top tube, gel-barrier tube, or green-top; Serum (preferred) or plasma Department: Chemistry Instructions: Separate serum or plasma from cells. Purpose: Measurement of serum gonadotropin levels will allow for distinguishing between primary gonadal failure and deficient gonadal stimulation.
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Leutinizing Hormone abbreviation
LH
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Magnesium
Tube: Red-top tube, gel-barrier tube, or green-top; Serum (preferred) or plasma Department: Chemistry Instructions: Separate serum or plasma from cells. Purpose: Increased levels relate mostly to patients in renal failure; deficiency produces neuromuscular disorders.
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Magnesium abbreviation
Mg
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Phosphorus
Tube: Red-top tube, gel-barrier tube, or green-top; Serum (preferred) or plasma Department: Chemistry Instructions: Separate serum or plasma from cells. Purpose: Causes of high levels: Youth; exercise; dehydration and hypovolemia; hypoparathyroidism; pseudohypoparathyroidism; bone metastases; etc
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Phosphorus abbreviation
Phos
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Potassium
Tube: Red-top tube, gel-barrier tube, or green-top; Serum (preferred) or plasma Department: Chemistry Instructions: Separate serum or plasma from cells; avoid hemolysis Purpose: Evaluate electrolyte balance
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Potassium abbreviation
K
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Potassium normal levels
Normal:\>1 y \= 3.5−5.2
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Total Protein
Tube: Red-top tube, gel-barrier tube, or green-top; Serum (preferred) or plasma Department: Chemistry Instructions: Separate serum or plasma from cells within four hours of collection. Purpose: High: dehydration; some cases of chronic liver disease, including chronic active hepatitis and cirrhosis; neoplasms
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Total protein abbreviation
TP
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Sodium
Tube: Red-top tube, gel-barrier tube, or green-top; Serum (preferred) or plasma Department: Chemistry Instructions: Separate serum or plasma from cells within 45 minutes of collection. Label specimen as serum. Purpose: Electrolyte, acid-base balance; water balance; water intoxication; diagnose dehydration.
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Sodium abbreviation
Na
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Total iron binding capacity
Tube: Red-top tube, gel-barrier tube, or green-top; Serum (preferred) or plasma Department: Chemistry Instructions: Separate serum or plasma from cells within 45 minutes of collection. Purpose: Differential diagnosis of anemia
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total iron binding capacity abbreviation
TIBC
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Triglycerides
Tube: Red-top tube, gel-barrier tube, or green-top; Serum (preferred) or plasma Department: Chemistry Instructions: Separate serum or plasma from cells within 45 minutes of collection. Purpose: Triglycerides commonly increase with obesity and may increase with chronic renal or liver disease.
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triglycerides abbreviation
trig
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uric acid
Tube: Red-top tube, gel-barrier tube, or green-top; Serum (preferred) or plasma Department: Chemistry Instructions: Separate serum or plasma from cells within 45 minutes of collection. Purpose: Diagnosis and treatment of gout, renal failure, and a variety of other disorders including leukemia, psoriasis, starvation
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uric acid abbreviation
UA
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free t4 (thyroxine)
**Tube: Red-top tube, gel-barrier tube, or green lithium heparin Department: Chemistry Instruction: Separate serum or plasma from cells within 45 minutes of collection. Purpose: thyroid function test
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Free t4 abbreviation
Ft4
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Thyroxine
Tube: Red-top tube, gel-barrier tube, or green-top; Serum (preferred) or plasma Department: Chemistry Instructions: Separate serum or plasma from cells within 45 minutes of collection. Purpose: Thyroid function test.
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Thyroxine abbreviation
T4
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T3 Uptake
Tube: Red-top tube, gel-barrier tube, or green-top; Serum (preferred) or plasma Department: Chemistry Instructions: Separate serum or plasma from cells within 45 minutes of collection. Purpose: thyroid function test
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Thyroid stimulating hormone
Tube: Red-top tube, gel-barrier tube, or green-top; Serum (preferred) or plasma Department: Chemistry Instructions: Separate serum or plasma from cells within 45 minutes of collection. Purpose: Thyroid function test.
Tube: Red-top tube or gel-barrier tube Department: Immunology Instruction: serum only Purpose: detection of monoclonal gammopathies (antibodies)
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Serum protein electrophoresis abbreviation
SPEP
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Hepatitis A antibody
Tube: Red-top tube, gel-barrier tube, or lavender-top (EDTA) tube Department: immunology Instruction: transfer to transport tube Purpose: aid in the diagnosis of previous or ongoing hepatitis A viral infection or in the identification of HAV-susceptible individuals for vaccination
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Hepatitis A antibody
HAVab
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Hepatitis B core antibody
Tube: Red-top tube, gel-barrier tube, or lavender-top (EDTA) tube Department: Immunology Instruction: transfer to transport tube Purpose: aid in the diagnosis of individuals with acute or chronic hepatitis B virus
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Hepatitis B core antibody abbreviation
Abbreviation: anti-HBc
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Hepatitis B surface antigen
Tube: Red-top tube, gel-barrier tube, or lavender-top (EDTA) tube Department: immunology Instruction: transfer to transport tube Purpose: diagnose individuals with acute or chronic hepatitis B infection
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