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