| ISO | International Standards Organization |
| AATCC | American Association of Textile Chemists and Colourists |
| JIS | Japanese Industrial Standards |
| PC | Paper Chromatography |
| TLC | Thin Layer Chromatography |
| GC | Gas Chromatography |
| HPLC | High-performance liquid chromatography |
| QAC | Quaternary Ammonium Compounds |
| mRNA | messenger Ribonucleic acid |
| HAI | Health Associated Infections |
| PPL | Priority Pathogen List |
| WHO | World Health Organization |
| RNA | Ribonucleic acid |
| DNA | Deoxyribonucleic acid |
| UTI | Urinary Tract Infection |
| ESKAPE | Enterococcus faecium, Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Acinetobacter baumanni, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Acinetobacter aerogenes |