Acronym List

BMBL

Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories

BSL

biosafety level

BBRB

NCI Biorepositories and Biospecimen Research Branch

CAP

College of American Pathologists (BAP: CAP Biorepository Accreditation Program)

CDC

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

CDE

common data element

CMMI

Capability Maturity Model Integration

CMS

Center for Medicaid and Medicare Services

COI

conflict of interest

DHHS

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

DNA

deoxyribonucleic acid

FDA

U.S. Food and Drug Administration

GINA

Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act

HIPAA

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

HITECH

Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health

IATA

International Air Transport Association

IP

intellectual property

IRB

institutional review board

MTA

material transfer agreement

NCI

National Cancer Institute

NHGRI

National Human Genome Research Institute

NIST

National Institute of Standards and Technology

OHRP

Office for Human Research Protections

OSHA

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

PHI

protected health information

PHS

Public Health Service

QA/QC

quality assurance/quality control

QMS

quality management system

RNA

ribonucleic acid

SOP

standard operating procedure