ABBREVIATIONS
The term RSrefers to a USP Reference Standard as stated under
Reference Standardsin these
General Notices(see also
USP Reference Standards á11ñfor a comprehensive discussion of reference materials).
The terms CSand TSrefer to Colorimetric Solution and Test Solution,respectively (see under Reagents,Indicators,and Solutions).The term VSrefers to Volumetric Solution as stated under Solutionsin the General Notices.
The term PFrefers to Pharmacopeial Forum,the journal of standards development and official compendia revision (see Pharmacopeial Forumin these General Notices).
Abbreviations for the names of many institutions,organizations,and publications are used for convenience throughout USPand NF.An alphabetized tabulation follows.
| Abbreviation |
Institution,Organization,or Publication |
| AAMI |
Association for the Advancement of Medical
Instrumentation |
| ACS |
American Chemical Society |
| ANSI |
American National Standards Institute |
| AOAC |
AOAC International (formerly Association of
Official Analytical Chemists) |
| ASTM |
American Society for Testing and Materials |
| ATCC |
American Type Culture Collection |
| CAS |
Chemical Abstracts Service |
| CFR |
U.S.Code of Federal Regulations |
| EP |
European Pharmacopoeia |
| EPA |
U.S.Environmental Protection Agency |
| FCC |
Food Chemicals Codex |
| FDA |
U.S.Food and Drug Administration |
| HIMA |
Health Industry Manufacturers Association |
| ISO |
International Organization for
Standardization |
| IUPAC |
International Union of Pure and Applied
Chemistry |
| JP |
Japanese Pharmacopoeia |
| NIST |
National Institute of Standards and
Technology |
| USAN |
United States Adopted Names |
| WHO |
World Health Organization |
Abbreviated Statements in Monographs—
Incomplete sentences are employed in various portions of the monographs for directness and brevity.Where the limit tests are so abbreviated,it is to be understood that the chapter numbers (shown in angle brackets)designate the respective procedures to be followed,and that the values specified after the colon are the required limits.