CLIA	Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988
CPE	carbapenemase-producing enterobacteria
CRE	carbapenem-resistant enterobacteria
EATR	enzyme-assisted target recycling
FDA	Food and Drug Administration (United States of America)
FIND	Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics
HDA	helicase-dependent amplification
HIV/AIDS	human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
LAMP	loop-mediated amplification
LFI	lateral flow immunochromatographic (tests)
MCD	microfluidic centripetal (centrifugal) device
MIM	Molecular. In Minutes™
MRSA	methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
NASBA	nucleic acid sequence-based amplification
PCR	polymerase chain reaction
POC	point of care or point-of-care
RDT	rapid diagnostic test
RPA	recombinase polymerase amplification
RT-rtPCR	reverse transcriptase-real-time PCR
rtPCR	real-time PCR
SDA	strand displacement amplification
TB	tuberculosis
UPS	uninterruptible power source
WHO	World Health Organization