AACB |
Australasian Association of Clinical Biochemists |
AACC |
American Association for Clinical Chemistry |
ADA |
American Diabetes Association |
AETMIS |
Agence d’evaluation des technologies et des modes d’intervention en santé (Canada) |
AS |
Australian Standard, Standards Australia |
BMA |
British Medical Association |
CAP |
College of American Pathologists |
CDC |
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (USA) |
CLIA |
Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments act (USA) |
CLIAC |
Clinical Laboratory Improvement Advisory Committee (USA) |
CLSI |
Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (formally NCCLS) |
CMS |
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (USA) |
COLA |
Commission on Office Laboratory Accreditation (USA) |
COW |
Certificate of waiver (USA) |
CPA |
Clinical Pathology Accreditation (UK) Ltd. |
EBLM |
Evidence-based laboratory medicine |
EBM |
Evidence-based medicine |
EQA |
External Quality Assessment or External Quality Assessment |
FAD |
Field Application Document (NATA document) |
FDA |
Food and Drug Administration (USA) |
HbA1c |
Haemoglobin A1c, glycated haemoglobin |
HHS |
USA, Department of Health and Human Services |
iCCnet |
Integrated Cardiovascular Clinical Network (South Australia) |
INR |
International Normalised Ratio, a derived measure of prothrombin time |
IQC |
Internal Quality Control or Quality Control (QC) |
ISO |
International Organisation for Standardisation |
JC or TJC |
The Joint Commission (formally JCAHO) |
JCAHO |
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (USA) |
MSAC |
Medical Services Advisory Committee |
MU |
Measurement Uncertainty (synonymous with UM, Uncertainty of Measurement) |
NACB |
National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry |
NATA |
National Association of Testing Authorities |
NHMRC |
National Health and Medical Research Council |
NPAAC |
National Pathology Accreditation Advisory Council |
NPT |
Near patient testing, synonymous with POCT |
PLAP |
Pruebas en el lugar de asistencia al paciente (Spanish for tests at the site of patient care) |
POC |
Point-of-care |
POCT |
Point-of-care testing |
POL |
Physicians Office Laboratory |
QA |
Quality Assurance or Quality Assessment |
QAAMS |
Quality Assurance for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Medical Services |
QC |
Quality Control or Internal Quality Control (IQC) |
QM |
Quality Management |
RCPA |
Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia |
RCPath |
Royal College of Pathologists (UK) |
SEQC |
Sociedad Española de Bioquímica Clínica y Patología Molecular (Spanish Society of Clinical Biochemistry and Molecular Pathology) |
SOP |
Standard Operating Procedure. A written document or instruction detailing all steps and activities of a process or procedure. |
UM |
Uncertainty of Measurement (synonymous with MU, Measurement Uncertainty) |
WHO |
World Health Organisation |