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Guidelines for Environmental Infection Control in Health-Care Facilities (2003)
A
Abbreviations starting with the letter A.
| Abbreviation |
Meaning |
| AAA |
animal-assisted activity |
| AAMI |
Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation |
| AAT |
animal-assisted therapy |
| ACGIH |
American Council of Governmental Industrial Hygienists |
| ACH |
air changes per hour |
| ADA |
Americans with Disabilities Act |
| AER |
automated endoscope reprocessor |
| AFB |
acid-fast bacilli |
| AHA |
American Hospital Association |
| AHJ |
authorities having jurisdiction |
| AIA |
American Institute of Architects |
| AII |
airborne infection isolation |
| AmB |
amphotericin B |
| ANC |
absolute neutrophil count |
| ANSI |
American National Standards Institute |
| AORN |
Association of periOperative Registered Nurses |
| ASHE |
American Society for Healthcare Engineering |
| ASHRAE |
American Society of Heating, Refirgeration, and Air-Conditioning Engineers |
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B
Abbreviations starting with the letter B.
| Abbreviation |
Meaning |
| BCG |
Bacille Calmette-Guérin |
| BCYE |
buffered charcoal yeast extract medium |
| BHI |
brain-heart infusion |
| BMBL |
CDC/NIH publication “Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories” |
| BOD |
biological oxygen demand |
| BSE |
bovine spongiform encephalopathy |
| BSL |
biosafety level |
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C
Abbreviations starting with the letter C.
| Abbreviation |
Meaning |
| C |
Centigrade |
| CAPD |
continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis |
| CCPD |
continual cycling peritoneal dialysis |
| CMAD |
count median aerodynamic diameter |
| CDC |
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
| CFR |
Code of Federal Regulations |
| CFU |
colony-forming unit |
| CJD |
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease |
| cm |
centimeter |
| CMS |
U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services |
| CPL |
compliance document (OSHA) |
| CT/EC |
cooling tower/evaporative condenser |
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D
Abbreviations starting with the letter D.
| Abbreviation |
Meaning |
| DFA |
direct fluorescence assay; direct fluorescent antibody |
| DHHS |
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
| DHBV |
duck hepatitis B virus |
| DNA |
deoxyribonucleic acid |
| DOP |
dioctylphthalate |
| DOT |
U.S. Department of Transportation |
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E
Abbreviations starting with the letter E.
| Abbreviation |
Meaning |
| EC |
environment of care (JCAHO) |
| ELISA |
enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay |
| EPA |
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
| ESRD |
end-stage renal disease |
| EU |
endotoxin unit |
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F
Abbreviations starting with the letter F.
| Abbreviation |
Meaning |
| F |
Fahrenheit |
| FDA |
U.S. Food and Drug Administration |
| FIFRA |
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act |
| FRC |
free residual chlorine |
| ft |
foot (feet) |
| FTC |
U.S. Federal Trade Commission |
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G
Abbreviations starting with the letter G.
| Abbreviation |
Meaning |
| GISA |
glycopeptide intermediate resistant Staphylococcus aureus |
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H
Abbreviations starting with the letter H.
| Abbreviation |
Meaning |
| HBV |
hepatitis B virus |
| HCV |
hepatitis C virus |
| HEPA |
high efficiency particulate air |
| HICPAC |
Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee |
| HIV |
human immunodeficiency virus |
| HPV |
human papilloma virus |
| HSCT |
hematopoietic stem cell transplant |
| HVAC |
heating, ventilation, air conditioning |
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I
Abbreviations starting with the letter I.
| Abbreviation |
Meaning |
| ICRA |
infection control risk assessment |
| ICU |
intensive care unit |
| ID 50 |
50% median infectious dose |
| IPD |
intermittent peritoneal dialysis |
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J
Abbreviations starting with the letter J.
| Abbreviation |
Meaning |
| JCAHO |
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations |
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K
Abbreviations starting with the letter K.
| Abbreviation |
Meaning |
| kg |
kilogram |
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L
Abbreviations starting with the letter L.
| Abbreviation |
Meaning |
| L |
liter |
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M
Abbreviations starting with the letter M.
| Abbreviation |
Meaning |
| MAC |
Mycobacterium avium complex; also used to denote MacConkey agar |
| MDRO |
multiple-drug resistant organism |
| MIC |
minimum inhibitory concentration |
| μm |
micrometer; micron |
| mL |
milliliter |
| min |
minute |
| mg |
milligram |
| MMAD |
mass median aerodynamic diameter |
| MMWR |
“Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report” |
| MRSA |
methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus |
| MSDS |
material safety data sheet |
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N
Abbreviations starting with the letter N.
| Abbreviation |
Meaning |
| N |
Normal |
| NaCl |
sodium chloride |
| NaOH |
sodium hydroxide |
| NCID |
National Center for Infectious Diseases |
| NCCDPHP |
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion |
| NCCLS |
National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards |
| ng |
nanogram |
| NICU |
neonatal intensive care unit |
| NIH |
U.S. National Institutes of Health |
| NIOSH |
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health |
| nm |
nanometer |
| NNIS |
National Nosocomial Infection Surveillance |
| NTM |
nontuberculous mycobacteria |
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O
Abbreviations starting with the letter O.
| Abbreviation |
Meaning |
| OPL |
on-premises laundry |
| OSHA |
U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration |
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P
Abbreviations starting with the letter P.
| Abbreviation |
Meaning |
| Pa |
Pascal |
| PCP |
Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia |
| PCR |
polymerase chain reaction |
| PD |
peritoneal dialysis |
| PE |
protective environment |
| PEL |
permissible exposure limit |
| PPE |
personal protective equipment |
| ppm |
parts per million |
| PVC |
polyvinylchloride |
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R
Abbreviations starting with the letter R.
| Abbreviation |
Meaning |
| RAPD |
randomly amplified polymorphic DNA |
| RODAC |
replicate organism direct agar contact |
| RSV |
respiratory syncytial virus |
| RO |
reverse osmosis |
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S
Abbreviations starting with the letter S.
| Abbreviation |
Meaning |
| SARS |
severe acute respiratory syndrome |
| SARS-CoV |
SARS coronavirus |
| sec |
second |
| spp |
species |
| SSI |
surgical site infection |
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T
Abbreviations starting with the letter T.
| Abbreviation |
Meaning |
| TB |
tuberculosis |
| TLV®-TWA |
threshold limit value-time weighted average |
| TSA |
tryptic soy agar |
| TSB |
tryptic soy broth |
| TSE |
transmissible spongiform encephalopathy |
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U
Abbreviations starting with the letter U.
| Abbreviation |
Meaning |
| U.S. |
United States |
| USC |
United States Code |
| USDA |
U.S. Department of Agriculture |
| USPS |
U.S. Postal Service |
| UV |
ultraviolet |
| UVGI |
ultraviolet germicidal irradiation |
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V
Abbreviations starting with the letter V.
| Abbreviation |
Meaning |
| VAV |
variable air ventilation |
| vCJD |
variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease |
| VISA |
vancomycin intermediate resistant Staphylococcus aureus |
| VRE |
vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus |
| VRSA |
vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus |
| v/v |
volume/volume |
| VZV |
varicella-zoster virus |
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