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AOAC Acronyms and Abbreviations

AMDL

acceptable minimum detection level

AOAC

AOAC INTERNATIONAL (AOAC formerly stood for

Association of Official Analytical

Chemists

, but long-name no longer used)

CSO

chief scientific officer

ERP

expert review panel

ISPAM

International Stakeholder Panel on Alternative Methods

ISO

International Organization for Standardization

LOD

limit of detection

LPOD

laboratory probability of detection

NGO

non-governmental organization

OMA

Official Methods of Analysis

, frequently pronounced like “o maa”

OMB

Official Methods Board

POD

probability of detection

PTM

Performance Tested Methods

RI

AOAC Research Institute

RSDR

Relative Standard Deviation of Reproducibililty, sometimes referred to as “RSD big R”.

The variation between laboratories.

RSDr

Relative Standard Deviation of Repeatability, sometimes referred to as “RSD little R”.

The within laboratory variation, also called precision.

SMPR

Standard Method Performance Requirement

, frequently pronounced as in “smipper”.