AAALAC |
Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care |
AALAS |
American Association for Laboratory Animal Science |
ABSL |
Animal Bio-Safety Level |
ACUC |
Animal Care and Use Committee |
ALAT |
Assistant Laboratory Animal Technician (AALAS Certified) |
APD |
Animal Program Director |
ASP |
Animal Study Proposal |
BSL |
Bio-Safety Level |
CAN |
Common Accounting Number |
CDC |
Centers for Disease Control |
CMB |
Comparative Medicine Branch |
CRL |
Charles River Laboratories |
DCT |
Division of Cancer Treatment (part of the National Cancer Institute) |
DES |
Division of Engineering Services |
DHHS |
Department of Health and Human Services |
DIR |
Division of Intramural Research |
DS |
Division of Safety |
ETO |
Ethylene Oxide |
FCRDC |
Frederick Cancer Research and Development Center |
FDA |
Food and Drug Administration |
FY |
Fiscal Year |
GLP |
Good Laboratory Practices |
GTS |
Gene Targeting Section |
HEPA |
High Efficiency Particulate Air |
HIV |
Human Immunodeficiency Virus |
HRP |
Hazleton Research Products |
HSD |
Harlan Sprague Dawley |
HTLV |
Human T-cell Lymphotrophic Lentivirus |
IBC |
Institutional Biosafety Committee |
IC |
Institute or Center |
IPM |
Integrated Pest Management |
JAX |
The Jackson Laboratory |
LAD |
Laboratory of Allergic Diseases |
LAT |
Laboratory Animal Technician (AALAS Certified) |
LATG |
Laboratory Animal Technologist (AALAS Certified) |
LCID |
Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Diseases |
LCMI |
Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Immunology |
LHD |
Laboratory of Host Defenses |
LI |
Laboratory of Immunology |
LID |
Laboratory of Infectious Diseases |
LIG |
Laboratory of Immunogenetics |
LIP |
Laboratory of Immunopathology |
LIR |
Laboratory of Immunoregulation |
LMM |
Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology |
LMS |
Laboratory of Molecular Structure |
LPD |
Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases |
LSS |
Laboratory Sciences Section |
LVD |
Laboratory of Viral Diseases |
MSDS |
Material Safety Data Sheet |
NCAB |
National Capital Area Branch of AALAS |
NCI |
National Cancer Institute |
NHP |
Nonhuman Primate |
NIAID |
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases |
NIH |
The National Institutes of Health |
NIHAC |
The National Institutes of Health Animal Center (Poolesville, MD) |
OACU |
Office of Animal Care and Use |
ORS |
Office of Research Services |
OSD |
Office of the Scientific Director |
OSHA |
Occupational Safety and Health Administration |
QA |
Quality Assurance |
RALAT |
Registered Assistant Laboratory Animal Technician |
RLAT |
Registered Laboratory Animal Technician |
RLATG |
Registered Laboratory Animal Technologist |
RML |
Rocky Mountain Laboratories |
SOP |
Standard Operating Procedure |
TXS |
Trimethoprim Sulfa |
TAC |
Taconic Farms |
USAMRIID |
United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases |
USDA |
U.S. Department of Agriculture |
USUHS |
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences |
VRP |
Veterinary Resources Program |
WRAIR |
Walter Reed Army Institute for Research |