Appendix 1: Abbreviations and Acronyms

Infection Control in Healthcare Personnel: Epidemiology and Control of Selected Infections Transmitted Among Healthcare Personnel and Patients (2024)

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Appendix 1: Abbreviations and Acronyms from the Infection Control in Healthcare Personnel: Epidemiology and Control of Selected Infections Transmitted Among Healthcare Personnel and Patients (2024) guideline.

Abbreviations and Acronyms

ACIP Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices

ACOEM American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

B. pertussis Bordetella pertussis

BMBL Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories

CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

CLIA Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments

DHQP Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion

CSF Cerebrospinal Fluid

FMLA Family and Medical Leave Act (of 1993)

GAS Group A Streptococcus

HCO Healthcare Organization

HCP Healthcare Personnel

HICPAC Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee

HIV Human Immunodeficiency Virus

IDSA Infectious Diseases Society of America

IPC Infection Prevention and Control

IV Intravenous

LP Lumbar Puncture

N. meningitidis Neisseria meningitidis

NIOSH National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

OHS Occupational Health Services

OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Administration

PCR Polymerase Chain Reaction

PEP Postexposure Prophylaxis

PPE Personal Protective Equipment

RADT Rapid Antigen Detection Test

RT Reverse Transcription

SHEA Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America

STSS Streptococcal Toxic-Shock Syndrome

TB Tuberculosis

Tdap Tetanus, Diphtheria, Pertussis

TMP-SMZ Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole

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