| Acronym | Meaning |
| QA | Quality Assurance |
| VDZ | Valence Double Zeta |
| SARA | Saturates |
| EIX | Electrochemical Ion Exchange |
| AGP | Alpha-1-acid Glycoprotein |
| QUASIMEME | Quality Assurance Of Information For Marine Environmental Monitoring In Europe |
| TISAB | Total Ionic Strength Adjustment Buffer (for Fluoride) |
| CCAP | Cancer Chromosome Aberration Project |
| ESID | Environmental Statistics And Information Division |
| BLIS | BACT/LAER Information System |