Units & Abbreviations

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 milliunits per milliliter
CAP College of American Pathologists NCCLS National Committee for
CDC Centers for Disease Control Clinical Laboratory Standards
and Prevention ng nanogram
ng/dL nanograms per deciliter
CFU/mL colony forming units per milliliter ng/L nanograms per liter
CLIA Clinical Laboratory ng/mL nanograms per milliliter
Improvement Act ng/mL/hr nanograms per milliliter
CMM cubic millimeter per hour
CMS Centers for Medicare & nM/mM nanomole per millimole
Medicaid Services nmol nanomole
CPM counts per minute nmol/d nanomoles per day
cPU centipoise unit nmol/dL nanomoles per deciliter
cpy/mL copies per milliliter nmol/g nanomoles per gram
CSF cerebrospinal fluid nmol/L nanomoles per liter
CVS clean voided specimen nmol/mL nanomoles per milliliter
day day OD optical density (equivalent
dL deciliter to absorbance
EIA enzyme immunoassay PCR polymerase chain reaction
EIU enzyme immunoassay unit pg Pico gram
ELISA enzyme-linked pg/mL Pico grams per milliliter
Immune sorbent assay pmol Pico mole
ETU/mL endotoxin units per milliliter pmol/g Pico moles per gram
EU ELISA units ppm parts per million
EV ELISA value PPT Plasma Preparation Tube
fl Femto liter PST Plasma Separator Tube
FUO fever of unknown origin RPR rapid plasma reagin
g gram SD standard deviation
g/24 hrs grams per 24 hours sec second
g/5 hrs grams per 5 hours SI stimulation index
g/d grams per day SST serum separator tube
g/dL grams per deciliter STT Standardized Transport Tube
GPL IgG phospholipid units TV total volume
hr hour U unit
ISR immune status ratio U/day units per day
IU international unit U/g units per gram
IU/g international units per gram U/hr units per hour
IU/L international units per liter U/L units per liter
IU/mL international units per milliliter U/mL units per milliliter
IV index value UUHSC University of Utah Health
kg kilogram Sciences Center
L liter % percent
LIV Lyme index value µg microgram
mg milligram µg/24 hrs micrograms per 24 hours
mg/24 hrs milligrams per 24 hours µg/d micrograms per day
mg/d milligrams per day µg/dL micrograms per deciliter
mg/dL milligrams per deciliter µg/g micrograms per gram
mg/g milligrams per gram µg/g CRT micrograms per gram
mg/L milligrams per liter creatinine
MIC minimum inhibitory µg/L micrograms per liter
concentration µg/mg micrograms per milligram
min minute µg/mL micrograms per milliliter
mIU milli international units µgE/mL microgram equivalents
mIU/hr milli international units per milliliter
per hour µL micro liter
mL milliliter µmol micromole
mL/min milliliters per minute µmol/d micromoles per day
mm millimeter µmol/dL micromoles per deciliter
mmol millimole µmol/g micromoles per gram
mmol/d millimoles per day µmol/L micromoles per liter
mmol/L millimoles per liter µmol/mL micromoles per milliliter
mmol/mol CRT millimoles per mole µU micro unit
creatinine µU/mL micro units per milliliter