Acronyms
- ACGIH American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists
- ACM Asbestos-Containing Material
- AHERA Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act of 1986
- AIHA American Industrial Hygiene Association Analyst
- AMS Air Monitoring Services
- ASHRAE American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and
Air-Conditioning Engineers
- ASTM American Society for Testing and Materials
- BRI Building-Related Illness
- BSM Bulk Services Group
- CFM Cubic feet per minute
- CO Carbon monoxide
- ELISA Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
- EPA Environmental Protection Agency
- ETS Environmental tobacco smoke
- HEPA High Efficiency Particulate Air Filter
- HSE/NPL Health and Safety Executive/National Physical Testing
Laboratory in Teddington, UK
- HVAC Heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning system
- IAQ Indoor Air Quality
- IDLH Immediately dangerous to life and health
- IH Industrial Hygiene
- IPM Integrated pest management
- ISO International Organization for Standardization
- LDAR Leak Detection and Repair
- MCE Mixed Cellulose Ester Membrane
- MCS Multiple Chemical Sensitivity
- MSHA Mine and Safety Health Administration
- MQR Monthly Quality Report
- MSDS Material Safety Data Sheet
- mVOC Microbial Volatile Organic Compound
- NIOSH National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
- NTIS National Technical Information Service
- OA Outdoor air
- OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Administration
- PAPR Powered air purifying respirator
- PAT Proficiency Analytical Testing
- PCM Phase Contrast Microscopy
- PEL Permissable Exposure Level
- PLM Polarized Light Microscopy
- PM Preventive Maintenance
- PPE Personal Protective Equipment
- PPM Parts per million
- QCC Quality Control Coordinator
- RELs Recommended Exposure Limits
- SAL Stop Action Limit
- SBS Sick Building Syndrome
- SEM Scanning Electron Microscopy
- STEL Short term exposure limit
- TEM Transmission Electron Microscopy
- TLVs Threshold Limit Values
- TVOCs Total volatile organic compounds
- TWA Time-Weighted Average
- UST Underground Storage Tank
- VAV Variable air volume system
- VOCs Volatile Organic Compounds
- WHO Word Health Organization.
