Re: [Gnumed-devel] basic test types - Sample type prefixes

[E Dodd]

On Thursday 07 October 2004 09:48, J Busser wrote:
> A regional lab sent out notice that it will incorporate into test
> results internationally recognized preixes to denote sample types:
>
> B- Blood
> Br- Breath
> F- Faeces
> P- Plasma
> S- Serum
> Semf- Seminal fluid
> Sp- Sputun
> Synf- Synovial fluid
> T- Tissue
> U- Urine
> RBC- Red Blood Cell
> WBC- White Blood Cell
>

One of our labs has just changed codes so 
E = electrolytes
PR = Pap smear / cervical cytology
which I have found hard to get used to
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