| BQA | Bureau of Quality Assurance |
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| CEQ | Council on Environmental Quality |
| COMAC/HRS/QA | Community Concerted Action Programme on Quality Assurance in Health Care [European] |
| CONQUEST | Computerized Needs-Oriented Quality Measurement Evaluation System |
| CPHQ | certified professional in healthcare quality |
| total quality management | The application of industrial management practice to systematically maintain and improve organization-wide performance. Effectiveness and success are determined and assessed by quantitative quality measures. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| environmental quality objective | This is a regulatory value defining the quality to be aimed for in a particular aspect of the environment. Unlike an environmental quality standard, an EQO is not usually expressed in quantitative terms and cannot be enforced legally. (09 Oct 1997) |
| environmental quality standard | This regulatory value defines the maximum concentration of a potentially toxic substance which can be allowed in an environmental compartment, usually air (air quality standard - AQS) or water, over a defined period. (09 Oct 1997) |