BA

Blood agar

CA

Chocolate agar

MAC

MacConkey

ATCC

American Type Culture Collection

H&S

Health and Safety

ID

Identification

IQC

Internal Quality Control

MDRO

Multidrug Resistant Organism

MRSA

Methicillin Resistant Staph. Aureus

SOP

Standard operating procedure

TAT

Turnaround time

WHO

World Health Organization