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Phlebotomy Flash
Phlebotomy abbreviations
Question | Answer |
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Antibody | Ab |
Arterial Blood Gases | ABGs |
Blood Groups | ABO |
Acid Citrate Dextrose | ACD |
Activated Clotting Time | ACT |
Adrenocorticotropic Hormone | ACTH |
Antidiuretic Hormone | ADH |
Automatic Exposure Control | AEC |
Acid-fast bacilli (tuberculosis) | AFB |
Antigen | Ag |
Acquired immunodefeciency syndrome | AIDS |
As low as reasonably achievable | ALARA |
Alkaline phosphatase | ALP |
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis | ALS |
Alanine aminotransferase | ALT (SGPT) |
ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY | ANA |
AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM | ANS |
ACTIVATED PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME | APTT (PTT) |
ANTIMICROBIAL REMOVAL DEVICE | ARD |
ANTISTREPTOLYSIN O | ASO |
ASPARATE AMINOTRANSFERASE | AST (SGOT) |
ATRIOVENTRICULAR | AV |
BARIUM ENEMA | BaE |
BOWEL MOVEMENT | BM |
BLOOD PRESSURE | BP |
BODY SUBSTANCE ISOLATION | BSI |
BLEEDING TIME | BT |
BLOOD UREA NITROGEN | BUN |
BIOPSY | Bx |
CULTURE AND SENSITIVITY | C |
CALCIUM | Ca |
CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE | CAD |
COLLEGE OF AMERICAN PATHOLOGISTS | CAP |
COMPUTERIZED AXIAL TOMOGRAPHY | CAT (CT) scan |
COMPLETE BLOOD COUNT | CBC |
CUBIC CENTIMETER | cc |
CARDIAC CARE UNIT | CCU |
CENTERES FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION | CDC |
CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN | CEA |
CONTINUING EDUCATION UNIT | CEU |
CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE | CHF |
CREATINE KINASE ISOENZYMES | CK-BB, MB, MM |
CHLORIDE | Cl |
CREATINE KINASE | CK (CPK) |
CLINICAL LABORATORY IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 1988 | CLIA '88 |
CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNICIAN (MLT) | CLT |
CENTIMETER | cm |
CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM | CNS |
CERTIFIED NURSING ASSISTANT | CNA |
CARBON DIOXIDE | CO2 |
COMMISSION ON OFFICE LABORATORY ACCREDITATION | COLA |
CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE | COPD |
CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSITATION | CPR |
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT | CPU |
CONTINUOUS QUALITY IMPROVEMENT | CQI |
C-REACTIVE PROTEIN | CRP |
CEREBROSPINAL FLUID | CSF |
CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME | CTS |
CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT | CVA |
CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER | CVC |
CERVIX | Cx |
DIRECT ANTIHUMAN GLOBULIN TEST | DAT |
DIABETES INSIPIDUS | DI |
DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR COAGULATION | DIC |
DIABETES MELLITUS | DM |
DATE OF BIRTH | DOB |
DIAGNOSIS | Dx |
ELECTROCARDIOGRAM | ECG (EKG) |
ETHYLENEDIAMINETETRAACETIC ACID | EDTA |
ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM | EEG |
ELECTROMYOGRAPHY | EMG |
EAR, NOSE AND THROAT SPECIALITY | ENT |
EMERGENCY ROOM | ER |
EXPIRATORY RESERVE VOLUME | ERV |
ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE | ESR |
FLUORESCENT ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY | FANA |
FASTING BLOOD SUGAR | FBS |
FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION | FDA |
FIBRIN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS | FDPs |
FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME IN ONE SECOND | FE-V |
FRACTION OF INSPIRED OXYGEN | FiO2 |
FIBROMYALGIA SYNDROME | FMS |
FUNCTIONAL RESIDUAL CAPACITY | FRC |
FOLLICLE-STIMULATING HORMONE | FSH |
FLUORESCENT TREPONEMAL ANTIBODY-ABSORBED | FTA-ABS |
FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN | FUO |
FORCED VITAL CAPACITY | FVC |
FRACTURE | Fx |
GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE | GGT |
GROWTH HORMONE | GH |
GASTROINTESTINAL | GI |
GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST | GTT |
GENITOURINARY | GU |
GYNECOLOGY | GYN |
HEMOGLOBIN AND HEMATOCRIT | H & H |
HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN | HBsAg |
HEPATITIS B VIRUS | HBV |
HUMAN CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN | HCG |
HEMATOCRIT | Hct |
HIGH-DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN | HDL |
HEMOLYTIC DISEASE OF THE NEWBORN | HDN |
HEMOGLOBIN | Hgb |
HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS | HIV |
HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION | HMO |
HISTORY | Hx |
INSPIRATORY CAPACITY | IC |
INTENSIVE CARE UNIT | ICU |
IMMUNOGLOBULIN | Ig |
INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS | IM |
INTRAMUSCULAR | IM |
INTAKE AND OUTPUT | I & O |
INFANT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME | IRDS |
INSPIRATORY RESERVE VOLUME | IRV |
INTRAVENOUS | IV |
JOINT COMMISSION ON ACCREDITATION OF HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS | JCAHO |
POTASSIUM | K |
KILOGRAM | kg |
POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE | KOH |
KILOVOLTS-PEAK | kVp |
LABOR AND DELIVERY | L & D |
LATERAL | lat |
LACTIC DEHYDROGENASE | LD (LDH) |
LOW-DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN | LDL |
LUTEINIZING HORMONE | LH |
LITHIUM | Li |
LEFT LOWER QUADRANT | LLQ |
LUMBAR PUNCTURE | LP |
LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSE | LPN |
LEFT UPPER QUADRANT | LUQ |
ELECTROLYTES | Lytes |
MILLIAMPERE-SECONDS | mA-S |
MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY | MD |
METERED-DOSE INHALER | MDI |
MILLIGRAM | mg |
MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION | MI |
MICROLITER | ? |
MILLILITER | mL |
MEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNICIAN (CLT) | MLT |
MILLIMETER | mm |