August 30, 2016 SPADA Meeting Book

AOAC Acronyms and abbreviations

AMDL

acceptable minimum detection level

AOAC INTERNATIONAL (AOAC formerly stood for Association of Official Analytical Chemists , but long-name no longer used)

AOAC

CSO

chief scientific officer

ERP

expert review panel

ISO

International Organization for Standardization

LOD

limit of detection

LPOD

laboratory probability of detection

NGO

non-governmental organization

Official Methods of Analysis , frequently pronounced like “o maa”

OMA

POD

probability of detection

SPADA

Stakeholder Panel on Agent Detection Assays

SMPR

Standard Method Performance Requirements, frequently pronounced as in “smipper”.