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Infection Control

Guidelines for Environmental Infection Control in Health-Care Facilities (2003)

Abbreviations

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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

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

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

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

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

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

Abbreviation Meaning
GISA glycopeptide intermediate resistant Staphylococcus aureus

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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

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

Abbreviation Meaning
JCAHO Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations

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K

Abbreviation Meaning
kg kilogram

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L

Abbreviation Meaning
L liter

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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

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

Abbreviation Meaning
OPL on-premises laundry
OSHA U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration

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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

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

Abbreviation Meaning
SARS severe acute respiratory syndrome
SARS-CoV SARS coronavirus
sec second
spp species
SSI surgical site infection

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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

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

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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