Abbreviations can be set for many dropdown values which can be used for auto-generating specimen labels. For more information on label auto generation, refer to Labels Configuration.
Below are the fields for which abbreviations can be set:
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To change the default abbreviations, ‘Dropdown Manager’ plugin can be used by enterprise adopters. Only super admins can modify these values:
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Community users need to modify abbreviations in a catissue_permissible_value database table. |
System The system sets below default abbreviations, super admins can change it:
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Specimen Type | Abbreviation |
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Amniotic Fluid | AF | Bile | Bi | Body Cavity Fluid | BCF | Bone Marrow Plasma | BMP | cDNA | cDNA | Cerebrospinal Fluid | CF | Cryopreserved Cells | CC | DNA | DNA | Feces | Fe | Fixed Cell Block | FCB | Fixed Tissue | FiT | Fixed Tissue Block | FTB | Fixed Tissue Slide | FTS | Fresh Tissue | FT | Frozen Cell Block | FrCB | Frozen Cell Pellet | FCP | Frozen Tissue | FrT | Frozen Tissue Block | FrTB | Frozen Tissue Slide | FrTS | Gastric Fluid | GF | Lavage | La | Microdissected | Md | Milk | Mi | | Not Specified |
| Pericardial Fluid | PF | Plasma | Pl | protein | Pr | RNA | RNA | RNA, cytoplasmic | RNAc | RNA, nuclear | RNAn | RNA, poly-A enriched | RNAp | Saliva | Sa | Serum | Se | Slide | Sl | Sputum | Sp | Sweat | Sw | Synovial Fluid | SF | Total Nucleic Acid | TNA | Urine | Ur | Vitreous Fluid | VF | Whole Blood | WB | Whole Bone Marrow | WBM | Whole Genome Amplified DNA | WGAD | Buffy Coat | BC | PBMC | PBMC |
Pathological Status | Abbreviation |
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Malignant | T | Malignant, Invasive | T | Malignant, Pre-Invasive | T | Non-Malignant, Diseased | T | Metastatic | T | Pre-Malignant | T | Non-Malignant | N |
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By default, there are no abbreviations set for clinical status, but it can be set using the above steps. |