Appendix D: Acronyms

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  • AIDS  Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
  • AIIR  Airborne Infection Isolation Room
  • AMA  American Medical Association
  • APHL  Association of Public Health Laboratories
  • ASPH  Association of Schools of Public Health
  • CADE  Center for Acute Disease Epidemiology
  • CDC  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • CHI  Consolidated Health Informatics
  • CLIA  Clinical Laboratory Improvements Act
  • CSTE  Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists
  • DIA  Iowa Department of Inspections and Appeals
  • DNA  Deoxyribonucleic Acid
  • DNR  Iowa Department of Natural Resources
  • DHHS  Department of Health and Human Services
  • DOB  Date of Birth
  • EPA  Environmental Protection Agency
  • Epi-X  Epidemic Information Exchange
  • EIS  Epidemic Intelligence Service
  • EISO  Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer
  • ELISA  Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay
  • ELR  Electronic Laboratory-Based Reporting
  • EPO  Epidemiology Program Office
  • FBI  Federal Bureau of Investigation
  • FEMA  Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • FDA  Food and Drug Administration
  • FSIS  Food Safety and Inspection Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture
  • FTE  Full Time Equivalent
  • GIS  Geographic Information System
  • GMP  Good Manufacturing Practices
  • GPRA  Government Performance and Results Act of 1993
  • HACCP  Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point
  • HAN  Health Alert Network
  • HICPAC  Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee
  • HIPAA  Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
  • HIV  Human Immunodeficiency Virus
  • IDALS  Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship
  • IDPH  Iowa Department of Public Health
  • IOM  Institute of Medicine
  • IV  Intravenous
  • LPHA  Local Public Health Agency
  • LRN  Laboratory Response Network
  • LTC  Long term Care
  • ME  Medical examiner
  • NACCHO  National Association for City and County Health Officials
  • NCEH  National Center for Environmental Health
  • NCID  National Center for Infectious Disease
  • NEDSS  National Electronic Disease Surveillance System
  • NGO  Non-Governmental Organization
  • NIOSH  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
  • NIH  National Institutes of Health
  • NLTN  National Laboratory Training Network
  • NPPTL  National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory
  • NPS  National Pharmaceutical Stockpile
  • NYCDOH  New York City Department of Health
  • OC  Office of Communication
  • OHS  Office of Health and Safety
  • OTPER  Office of Terrorism Preparedness and Emergency Response
  • OD  Office of the Director
  • OR  Odds Ratio
  • PFGE  Pulse Field Gel Electrophoresis
  • PPE  Personal Protective Equipment
  • PCP  Pneumocystis Carinii Pneumonia
  • PCR  Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • PHA  Public Health Advisor
  • PHIN  Public Health Information Network
  • PHPPO  Public Health Practice Program Office
  • RNA  Ribonucleaic acid
  • RR  Relative Risk or Risk Ratio
  • RT-PCR  Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • SAP  Select Agent Program
  • SAS  Statistical Analysis Software
  • SCBA  Self Contained Breathing Apparatus
  • SLPP  State and Local Preparedness Program
  • SME  State Medical Examiner
  • SNS  Strategic National Stockpile
  • SOCO  Single Overwriting Communication Objective
  • SPSS  Statistical Program for the Social Sciences
  • UHL  University Hygienic Laboratory
  • US  United States
  • USDA  United States Department of Agriculture
  • VIG  Vaccinia Immune Globulin
  • VMI  Vendor Managed Inventory
  • WaterCAD  Water Computer Aided Design
  • WHO  World Health Organization
  • XML  Extensible Markup Language
  • 24x7  Twenty four hours a day, seven days a week