SPECIAL STAINS ABBREVIATION AND CLASSIFICATION CHART 
                                                                          VMTH Histopathology Laboratory 
                                                   SIMPLE                                                             COMPLEX   
                             AFB         Acid Fast Bacteria                                  AOG                  Acid Orcein-Giemsa 
                             ALB         Alcian Blue                                         BIEL        Bielschowsky              
                             ALB/PAS  Alcian Blue Periodic Acid Schiff's                     BM          Basement Membrane, Methanamine silver 
                             BB          Brown & Brenn                                       BOD         Bodian                    
                             CR          Congo Red                                           FM          Fontana Massons           
                             CV          Crystal Violet                                      GAF         Gomori's Aldehyde Fuschin 
                             FEUL        Feulgens                                            GCHROM  Gomori's Chromaffin           
                             FITE        Fites Acid Fast                                     GMS         Grocott's Meth Silver     
                             GIEM        Giemsa                                              GRIM        Grimelius                 
                             GIM/PVK  Gimenez/Pierce Vanderkamp                              HO          Holmes                    
                             GRAM        Gram Stain                                          G&S         Gordon & Sweet            
                             GTRI        Gomori's Trichrome                                  LFB/B       Luxol Fast Blue/Bodian   
                                                                                                                                   
                             HALL        Hall's Bilirubin                                    LFB/CV      Luxol Fast Blue/Cresyl V 
                             IRON        Gomori's, Perl's Iron, Prussian Blue                LFB/H       Luxol Fast Blue/Holmes  
                             KIN         Kinyoun's Acid Fast                                 LFB/P       Luxol Fast Blue/PAS       
                             LIP         Lipofuscin - AFIP                                   MTRI        Masson's Trichrome        
                             LUNA        Luna's - eosinophils                                ORO         Oil Red O - Lipofuscin    
                             MACH        Machiavello                                         RET         Reticulin or Reticulum   
                             MB          Melanin Bleach                                      SNK         Snook's Reticulum         
                             METHBL  Methylene Blue                                          STI         Steiner                   
                             MUCI        Mucicarmine                                         SDB         Sudan Black (Paraffin)   
                             MGP         Methyl Green Pyronin                                URATE       Urate crystals            
                             PAS         Periodic Acid Schiff's                              UZ          Uzman                     
                             PAS/DIA  PAS/Diastase                                           VHVG        Verhoeff's Van Gieson   
                             PTAH        PhosphotungsticAcid Hem.                            WS          Warthin-Starry            
                             SAFO        Safranin & O                                                                              
                             TB          Toluidine Blue                                                        PRICING KET         
                             THIOT       Thioflavin T                                        Simple        9203      (1-5 Slides)   $58.00 
                             VK          Von Kossa                                           Complex       9204      (1-5 Slides)   $80.00 
                             ZNAF        Ziehl-Neelson Acid Fast