Units & Abbreviations

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ADA

American Diabetes Association

mol

mole

APS

IgA phospholipid units

mOsm

milliosmole

ASHI

American Society for

mOsm/kg

milliosmoles per kilogram

Histocompatibility and

MPL

IgM phospholipid units

Immunogenetics

MPOL

milli polarization unit

AU

arbitrary units

mU

milliunit

AU/mL

arbitrary units per milliliter

mU/g

milliunits per gram

BAL

bronchoalveolar lavage

mU/L

milliunits per liter

mU/mL CAP College of American Pathologists NCCLS CDC Centers for Disease Control

milliunits per milliliter

National Committee for

Clinical Laboratory Standards and Prevention ng nanogram

CFU/mL

colony forming units per milliliter

ng/dL

nanograms per deciliter

CLIA

Clinical Laboratory

ng/L

nanograms per liter

Improvement Act

ng/mL

nanograms per milliliter

CMM

cubic millimeter

ng/mL/hr

nanograms per milliliter

CMS

Centers for Medicare &

per hour

Medicaid Servcies

nM/mM

nanomole per millimole

CPM

counts per minute

nmol

nanomole

cPU

centipoise unit

nmol/d

nanomoles per day

cpy/mL

copies per milliliter

nmol/dL

nanomoles per deciliter

CSF

cerebrospinal fluid

nmol/g

nanomoles per gram

CVS

clean voided specimen

nmol/L

nanomoles per liter

day

day

nmol/mL

nanomoles per milliliter

dL

deciliter

OD

opitcal density (equivalent

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EIA

enzyme immunoassay

to absorbance

EIU

enzyme immunoassay unit

PCR

polymerase chain reaction

ELISA

enzyme-linked

pg

picogram

immunosorbent assay

pg/mL

picograms per milliliter

ETU/mL

endotoxin units per milliliter

pmol

picomole

EU

ELISA units

pmol/g

picomoles per gram

EV

ELISA value

ppm

parts per million

fl

femtoliter

PPT

Plasma Preparation Tube

FUO

fever of unknown origin

PST

Plasma Separator Tube

gram

RPR

rapid plasma reagin

g/24 hrs

grams per 24 hours

SD

standard deviation

g/5 hrs

grams per 5 hours

sec

second

g/d

grams per day

SI

stimulation index

g/dL

grams per deciliter

SST

serum separator tube

GPL

IgG phospholipid units

STT

Standardized Transport Tube

hr

hour

TV

total volume

ISR

immune status ratio

unit

IU

international unt

U/day

units per day

IU/g

international units per gram

U/g

units per gram

IU/L

international units per liter

U/hr

units per hour

IU/mL

international units per milliliter

U/L

units per liter

IV

index value

U/mL

units per milliliter

kg

kilogram

UUHSC

University of Utah Health

liter

Sciences Center

LIV

Lyme index value

percent

mg

milligram

microgram

mg/24 hrs

milligrams per 24 hours

g/24 hrs

micrograms per 24 hours

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mg/d

milligrams per day

g/d

micrograms per day

mg/dL

milligrams per deciliter

g/dL

micrograms per deciliter

mg/g

milligrams per gram

g/g

micrograms per gram

mg/L

milligrams per liter

g/g CRT

micrograms per gram

MIC

minimum inhibitory

creatinine

concentration

g/L

micrograms per liter

min

minute

g/mg

micrograms per milligram

mIU

milli international units

g/mL

micrograms per milliliter

mIU/hr

milli international units

gE/mL

microgram equivalents

per hour

per milliliter

mL

milliliter

microliter

mL/min

milliliters per minute

mol

micromole

mm

millimeter

mol/d

micromoles per day

mmol

millimole

mol/dL

micromoles per deciliter

mmol/d

millimoles per day

mol/g

micromoles per gram

mmol/L

millimoles per liter

mol/L

micromoles per liter

mmol/mol

CRT millimoles per mole

mol/mL

micromoles per milliliter

creatinine

microunit

U/mL

microunits per milliliter

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