At a glance
Appendix 1: Abbreviations and Acronyms from the Infection Control in Healthcare Personnel: Epidemiology and Control of Selected Infections Transmitted Among Healthcare Personnel and Patients (2025) guideline.
Abbreviations and Acronyms
ACH Air Changes per Hour
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
CMV Cytomegalovirus
CRS Congenital Rubella Syndrome
DHQP Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion
DNA Deoxyribonucleic Acid
CSF Cerebrospinal Fluid
FMLA Family and Medical Leave Act (of 1993)
GRADE Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluation
GAS Group A Streptococcus
HBIV Hepatitis B Immune Globulin
HCO Healthcare Organization
HCP Healthcare Personnel
HICPAC Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee
HIV Human Immunodeficiency Virus
IDSA Infectious Diseases Society of America
IgG Immunoglobulin G
IgM Immunoglobulin M
IPC Infection Prevention and Control
IV Intravenous
LP Lumbar Puncture
MMR Measles, Mumps, and Rubella
MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
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
PRISMA Preferred Reporting Items for Systemic reviews and Meta-Analyses
PRISMA ScR Preferred Reporting Items for Systemic reviews and Meta-Analyses Scoping review
RADT Rapid Antigen Detection Test
RNA Ribonucleic Acid
RT Reverse Transcription
RT-PCR Reverse-Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction
SHEA Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America
STSS Streptococcal Toxic-Shock Syndrome
TB Tuberculosis
Tdap Tetanus, Diphtheria, Pertussis
TMP-SMZ Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole
US United States
VARIZIG Varicella Zoster Immune Globulin
VZV Varicella Zoster Virus
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