Quality Assurance in  Bacteriology and Immunology

Abbreviations and Acronyms

 

*      AFB           

*      AR 

*      ASO            

*      ATCC           

*      CAMP            

*      cm            

*      CSF                

*      EIA                 

*      ELISA              

*      EMB                 

*      EPEC               

*      EQA                 

*      EQAS               

*      FAT                  

*      GLP                  

*      H2S                  

*      HA                    

*      HBsAg               

*      HEPA                 

*      HIV                   

*      IgG                   

*      IgM                   

*      IQC                   

*      L                        

*      mL                    

*      mm                   

*      NCCLS              

*      oC                    

*      ONPG                

*      OPD                  

*      p.a.                   

*      PHA                   

*      p.p.a.                

*      QA                    

*      QC                    

*      RBCs                 

*      RPR                   

*      SOPM                 

*      STA                   

*      TQM                   

*      VDRL                 

*      XLD                   

*      ZN                     

 

acid fast bacilli

analytical reagent

antistreptolysin O

American Type Culture Collection

Christie Atkins Munch-Peterson

centimeter

cerebrospinal fluid

enzyme immunoassay

enzyme linked immunosorbent assay

eosin methylene blue (agar)

enteropathogenic Escherichia coli

external quality assessment

external quality assessment scheme

fluorescent antibody test

good laboratory practices

hydrogen sulphide

haemagglutination

hepatitis B surface antigen

high efficiency particulate air

human immunodeficiency virus

immunoglobulin G

immunoglobulin M

internal quality control

litre

millilitre

millimeter

National Committee on Clinical Laboratory Services (USA)

degree centrigrade

o-nitrophenyl-b -D-galactopyranoside

outdoor patient department

pro analysis

passive haemagglutination

purissimum pro analysis

quality assurance

quality control

red blood cells

rapid plasma reagin

standard operating procedures manual

standard tube agglutination test

total quality management

venereal diseases research laboratory

xylose-lysine-desoxycholate (agar)

Ziehl Neelsen (staining)

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