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OAR
See: Office of AIDS Research

Observational Study
See: Clinical Trial

OBT
See: Optimized Background Therapy

Occupational Exposure
Exposure to potentially infectious material, such as blood, tissue,
body fluids, medical equipment, or supplies, while at work. The
exposure could occur through a needlestick, a cut with an object,
contact with the mucous membrane, or contact with skin that has a
break in it.

Office of AIDS Research (OAR)
The office within the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH’s) National
Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) responsible for
the scientific, budgetary, legislative, and policy elements of the NIH
HIV/AIDS research program.
O

Off-Label Use
Prescribed use of a drug for a condition other than one approved by
the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) or for a patient population
or at a dosage not approved by the FDA.

OHL
See: Oral Hairy Leukoplakia

OI
See: Opportunistic Infection

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