Health sciences associations & organizations

Updated: 24 Feb. 2005

• Also see 
  • Medical /clinical laboratory science associations
  • Transfusion-related associations

• Alberta College of Physicians & Surgeons

• AABB , American Association of Blood Banks

• AACB , Australasian Association of Clinical Biochemists

• AACC , American Association for Clinical Chemistry

• AAMC , Association of American Medical Colleges

• AAPA , American Academy of Physician Assistants

• ACB, Association of Clinical Biochemistry (UK)

• ACP, American College of Physicians

• AMA, American Medical Association

• AMLI, Association of Medical Laboratory Immunologists

• ARC, American Red Cross

• ASBT, Australasian Society of Blood Transfusion

• ASCLS , the American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science

• ASCP , American Society of Clinical Pathologists

• ASH, the American Society of Hematology

• ASHI, the American Society of Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics

• ASM, American Society for Microbiology

• ASQC , American Society for Quality Control

• Australian Medical Association

• Automation, Association for Laboratory Automation.

• BMA , British Medical Association

• Pathological Society of Great Britain and Ireland

• BSHI , British Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics

• CAP, College of American Pathologists

• CBBS , California Blood Bank Society

• CBS, Canadian Blood Services

• CDC, Centers for Disease Control (USA)

• CLMA, Clinical Laboratory Management Association

• CMA, Canadian Medical Association

• CSMLS, Canadian Society for Medical Laboratory Science

• CPSA, College of Physicians & Surgeons of Alberta

• CSCC, Canadian Society of Clinical Chemists

• FDA, Food and Drug Administration (USA)

• HCFA, Health Care Financing Agency, which has CLIA '88 information (USA)

• IFBLS , the International Federation of Biomedical Laboratory Science

• IBMS , Institute of Biomedical Science in the UK

• IFCC , International Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

• INTS, nstitut National de la Transfusion Sanguine in France

• ISBT , International Society of Blood Transfusion. See you in Edinburgh in 2004.

• IDS , Internet Dermatology Society

• JCAHO , Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations

• LPTP , Laboratory Proficiency Testing Program (Ontario, Canada)

• NAACLS , National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences (USA)

• NCA , National Certifying Agency (USA)

• NCCLS , National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards (USA )

• NIH National Institutes of Health (USA)

• OSHA , Occupational Safety and Health Agency (USA)

• PAHO , Pan American Health Organization

• Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia

• Royal College of Pathologists - UK

• WHO , World Health Organization