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. 2015 Jul 1;7(2):e220. doi: 10.5210/ojphi.v7i2.5859

Table 2. Twenty five most common hospital-based laboratory order test types reported to BioSense, 2011, with Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes (LOINC) codes.

LOINC Test Name LOINC Code Test Orders N (%)
Bacteria identified (Blood) 600-7 3770050 (35.0)
Bacteria identified (Urine) 630-4 1637400 (15.2)
Bacteria identified- Respiratory culture 32355-0 522495 (4.8)
Bacteria identified- Wound culture 6462-6 459784 (4.3)
Antibiotic- Agar diffusion 45187-2 328113 (3.0)
Fungus Identified- Culture 580-1 291370 (2.7)
Mycobacterium sp identified 543-9 284631 (2.6)
Bacteria identified (Anaerobic+Aerobic)- Culture 21020-3 283577 (2.6)
Staphylococcus aureus methicillin resistant isolate- Culture 13317-3 207718 (1.9)
Bacteria identified- Body fluid culture 611-4 186589 (1.7)
Microscopic observation- Wet preparation 680-9 174113 (1.6)
Bacteria identified- Stool culture 625-4 159657 (1.5)
Chlamydia trachomatis + Neisseriagonorrhoeae- Probe 36902-5 155606 (1.4)
Bacteria identified- Aerobic culture (Wound) 632-0 145213 (1.3)
Bacteria identified- CSF culture 606-4 139418 (1.3)
Bacteria identified (Anaerobic)- Culture 635-3 112496 (1.0)
Bacteria identified (Aerobic)- Culture 634-6 92773 (0.9)
Streptococcus pyogenes Ag – EIA 6558-1 89173 (0.8)
Microscopic observation (Gram Stain) 664-3 81129 (0.8)
Bacteria identified- Culture (system- xxx) 6463-4 67118 (0.6)
Antibiotic- Minimum inhibitory concentration 21070-8 58891 (0.5)
Bacteria identified- Culture 43408-4 57084 (0.5)
Bacteria identified (Sputum)- Respiratory culture 624-7 56906 (0.5)
Clostridium difficile toxin A+B (Stool) 34713-8 55567 (0.5)
Bacteria identified- Throat culture 626-2 50977 (0.5)