Test Procedure, Use or Product Name |
Mercury Containing Component or Reagent |
Albumin |
Milton's reagent |
Antinuclear antibody |
Buffer |
Antifungal/anti-infective/bacteriostatic enzyme/ ammonia |
Merthiolate Mercuric nitrate Mercurochrome (Antibiotics are alternatives) |
Ammonia Nitrogen |
Nessler's solution Channing's solution |
Arsenic-Calcium Reagent |
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Blood Bank Saline |
Immuno-sal (Immu-sal?) |
Bun Test Enzyme Non-Protein Nitrogen |
Nessler's solution |
CA 125 |
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Cleaning agent (Commercial Grade) |
Trace contaminant in caustic soda (sodium hydroxide) |
Chlorides |
Mercuric nitrate solution (Use ion-specific electrodes as alternative) |
Clostridium difficile EIA |
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Colorimetric chloride analysis |
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CPK Reagent |
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Cytology |
Mucolex |
Denaturant in single-strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP) analysis of PCR products |
Methylmercury hydroxide |
Drugs of abuse |
All |
Epstein Barr virus |
Buffer |
Fixatives (mordants) |
B5 fixative Zenkers solution Hellys Ohlamacher Carnoy-Lebrun Shardin (Zinc formalin, zinc chloride may be a suitable alternatives mercury-based fixatives). |
Flame Photometer |
Mercuric sulfate (obsolete) |
FTA |
Buffer |
Ganglion cells |
Cajal's |
Gel electrophoresis |
Methylmercury hydroxide |
Giardia EIA |
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Group A Strep ID |
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Harris hematoxylin |
Mercuric oxide oxidizing agent (Alternative is sodium iodate) |
Hbft |
Alum hematoxylin (solution A) |
Hepatitis B core |
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Hepatitis C |
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Hepatitis B |
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Hepatitis B Ag & Ab |
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Herpes EIA |
Buffer |
Histology |
Mercuric (II) chloride |
Histology Stains |
Carbol-Fuchin Mercury chloride Carbol Gentian violet Gomori's |
HIV |
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Identification of white cells |
Camco |
Laboratory chemicals - common mercury compounds |
Mercury (II) oxide Mercurous (I) chloride Mercury (II) chloride Mercury iodide Mercury (II) sulfate |
Lithium |
Cesium Internal Std |
Lyme |
Buffer |
"Metexchange" reagent |
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Microbiology |
Gram iodine stain |
Nerve cells, delineation |
Golgi's |
Parasitology Trichrome stain |
Mercuric nitrate solution (Cupric sulfate alternative) |
pH |
Buffers |
Photoprocessing solutions Developers Fixers |
Low level mercury contamination |
"Precision" reagent |
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Preservative in pharmaceuticals |
Thimerosal Phenylmercuric acetate Phenylmercuric nitrate |
Preservative in vaccines: Haemophilus, hepatitis, rabies, tetanus, influenza, diphtheria, and pertussis |
Thimerosal |
Progesterone |
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Protein test (Containing hydroxyl phenol group) |
Millon's reagent |
Protein Precipitation |
Methylmercury hydroxide |
Sodium/Potassium |
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Stains |
Carbol-Fuchin Gram iodine Mercury chloride Carbol Gentian Violet Gomori's Trichrome |
Sulfuric acid (commercial grade) |
Mercury (impurity) |
Takata-Ara |
Takata's reagent |
Thyroid antibodies |
Buffer |
Urinalysis |
Stabilur tablets |