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B                           Frequently Used Abbreviations
                                                                                    Principles o  Bloo   Collection
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               ADH                   anti  iuretic hormone                                                                 HMWK                  high molecular weight kininogen

               AG                    antiglobulin test                                                                     IA                    in  irect antiglobulin test

               AHG                   antihuman globulin                                                                    IF                    intrinsic  actor

               AIDS                  acquire   immune   ef ciency syn  rome                                                Ig                    immunoglobulin

               ANA                   antinuclear antibo  y                                                                 IL                    interleukin

               AP                    activate   partial thromboplastin time                                                IM                    in ectious mononucleosis

               ASCLS                   American  Society   or  Clinical  Laboratory                                        IU                    international unit

                                     Science                                                                               IV                    intravenous

               ASCP                  American Society o  Clinical Pathologists                                             L                     liter

               ASO                   antistreptolysin O                                                                    LAP                   leukocyte alkaline phosphatase

               CAP                   College o  American Pathologists                                                      M                     meter

               CBC                   complete bloo   count                                                                 MCH                   mean cell hemoglobin

               CDC                   Centers  or Disease Control an   Prevention                                           MCHC                  mean cell hemoglobin concentration

               CFU                   colony- orming unit                                                                   MCV                   mean cell volume

               CLIA’88                 Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amen  ments                                         MPV                   mean platelet volume

                                     o  1988                                                                               MSDS                  material sa ety   ata sheets

               CL                    clinical laboratory technician                                                        M                     me  ical technologist

               COLA                  Commission on O  ce Laboratory Accre  itation                                         NAD                     nicotinami  e  a  enine    inucleoti  e,  oxi  ize

               CSF                   colony-stimulating  actor; cerebrospinal   ui                                                                orm

               DA                      irect antihuman globulin test                                                       NADH                    nicotinami  e a  enine   inucleoti  e, re  uce    orm

               DIC                     isseminate   intravascular coagulation                                              OSHA                  Occupational Sa ety an   Health A  ministration

               DNA                     eoxyribonucleic aci                                                                 PCV                   packe   cell volume

               EA                    early antigen                                                                         PEP                   postexposure prophylaxis

               EBV                   Epstein-Barr virus                                                                    PKK                   plasma prekallikrein

               ED  A                 ethylene  iaminetetraacetic aci                                                       PMN                   polymorphonuclear neutrophil

               EIA                   enzyme immunoassay                                                                    P                     prothrombin time

               ELISA                   enzyme-linke   immunosorbent assay; enzyme-                                         P                     partial thromboplastin time

                                     labele   immunosorbent assay                                                          QA                    quality assurance

               ESR                   erythrocyte se  imentation rate                                                       QC                    quality control

               FIA                     uorescence immunoassay                                                              RBC                   re   bloo   cell

               FISH                    uorescent in situ hybri  ization                                                    RDW                   re   cell   istribution wi  th

               HBV                   hepatitis B virus                                                                     SI                    International System o  Units

               Hct (or Ht)  hematocrit                                                                                     SLE                   systemic lupus erythematosus

               HCV                     hepatitis  C  virus;  previously  calle    non-A,                                   SPIA                  soli  -phase immunosorbent assay

                                     non-B hepatitis virus                                                                   JC                  T e Joint Commission

               HDN                   hemolytic   isease o  newborn                                                          LC                   thin-layer chromatography

               Hgb                   hemoglobin                                                                                                  thrombin time

               HHS                   Department o  Health an   Human Services                                              vWD                   von Willebran  ’s   isease

               HIV                   human immuno  ef ciency virus                                                         vWF                   von Willebran  ’s  actor

               HLA                   human leukocyte antigen                                                               WBC                   white bloo   cell































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