| BCS | Blood Culture & Sensitivity (aerobic & anaerobic) | |
| PPA | Bulkhoderia pseudomallei (Myelodiosis) | |
| MTB | Culture & Sensitivity for AFB (Mycobacteria) | |
| ACS | Culture & Sensitivity for bacteria | |
| ANO | Culture for Anaerobic | |
| FCS | Culture for Fungi | |
| SAL | Culture for Salmonella only | |
| AFB | Direct smear for Acid Fast Bacilli (AFB) | |
| STAM | Direct smear for Amoeba | |
| GS | Direct smear for Bacteria (Gram Stain) | |
| FUN | Direct smear for Fungi | |
| VSDS | Direct smear for GC, Monilia & Trichomonas (vaginal/urethral - Transwab) | |
| ECU | Enterovirus Culture | |
| PCAR | IF stain for Pneumocystic carnii | |
| MI | Microscopic examination | |
| RCHO | Culture and Sensitivity for Vibrio Cholerae (Rectal Swab / Fresh Stool) | |
| STCD | Stool Culture for Cf. Difficile | |
| CDTX | Stool Culture for Cf. Difficile Cytotoxin | |
| SALC | Stool Culture for Salmonella & Shigella only (3 consecutive days - for food handlers) | |
| STCS | Stool Culture for Salmonella, shigella & Cholera (Food Handlers) | |
| SVIR | Stool for rotavirus | |
| DS | Wet Mount preparation/microscopy | |
| CSFE | CSF FEME (cell count, gram stain, Cryptococcus neoformans, glucose, protein, appearance) | |
| CSCS | CSF Culture & Sensitivity | |
| CSMG | CSF Smear for micro-organisms | |
| CRYS | Joint effusion for crystals (by polarisation microscopy) | |
| CSFG | CSF IgG | |
| BFEM | Joint Fluid FEME | |
| PF | Pleural Fluid FEME | |
| CBAT | CSF Bacterial Antigen Test | |
| BJP | Bence Jones Protein | 50 mL urine |
| BILE | Bile Pigments (Bilirubin, Urobilin & Urobilinogen) | 20 mL urine |
| COPR | Coproporphyrin | 20 mL urine |
| CYST | Cystine | 20 mL urine |
| FEME | FEME | 20 mL urine |
| UMIC | Microscopy only | 20 mL urine |
| OSMU | Osmolality | 20 mL urine |
| UPT | Pregnancy Test | 20 mL urine |
| SG | Specific Gravity | 20 mL urine |
| UO | Morphine and its derivatives (screening) | 20 mL urine |
| PORU | Uroporphyrin urine | 20 mL urine |
| PHAC | Urine for phase contrast microscopy (Fresh) | 20 mL urine |
| BENE | Urine for reducing substances | 20 mL urine |
| UC | Urine for Cannabinoids | 20 mL urine |
| SFEM | Stool FEME | Fresh Stool |
| OCC | Faecal Occult Blood | Fresh Stool |
| FG | Fat Globules | Fresh Stool |
| SA | Seminal Appraisal | Abstinence for at least 3 days. Patient to bring semen to lab. within 2 hours of collection. |
| SAPV | Seminal Appraisal for post vasectomy | Random sample. Patient to bring semen to lab within 2 hours of collection |