Abbreviations

Guideline for the Prevention and Control of Norovirus Gastroenteritis Outbreaks in Healthcare Settings (2011)

What to know

Below are abbreviations used in this guideline.

Abbreviations

AIDS Acquired immune deficiency syndrome

BAS Basic science study

°C Celsius

CaCV Calicivirus

CCU Cardiac/coronary care unit

CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

CI Confidence interval

CICU Cardiac/coronary intensive care unit

CSTE Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists

DES Descriptive study

DHQP Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion

DIAG Diagnostic study

DNA Deoxyribonucleic acid

ECL Electrochemiluminescence

EFORS Electronic Foodborne Outbreak Reporting System

EIA Enzyme immunoassay

ELISA Enzyme-linked immunoassay

EM Electron microscopy

EPA Environmental Protection Agency

FBDSS Foodborne Disease Outbreak Surveillance System

FCV Feline calicivirus

FDA Food and Drug Administration

FN False negative

FP False positive

GRADE Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation

HBGA Histo-blood group antigen

HICPAC Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee

HIV Human immunodeficiency virus

Km Kilometer

LUX Light-upon-extension

Ml Milliliter

MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

MNV Murine norovirus

N/A Not applicable

NASBA Nucleic acid sequence-based amplification

NCIRD National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases

NIH National Institutes of Health

NLV Norwalk-like virus

No Number

NORS National Outbreak Reporting System

NPV Negative predictive value

OBS Observational study

OR Odds ratio

ORF Open reading frame

P P value

PCR Polymerase chain reaction

PPE Personal protective equipment

PPM Part per million

PPV Positive predictive value

RCT Randomized controlled trial

RHD Rapid humidifying device

RIA Radioimmunoassay

RF Reduction factor

RR Relative risk

RT Room temperature

RT-LAMP Reverse transcription loop-mediated amplification assay

RT-PCR Reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction

SD Standard deviation

SPIEM Solid-phase immune electron microscopy

SR Systematic review

SRFV Small round featureless virus

SRSV Small round structured virus

TCID Tissue culture infective dose

TE Transcriptional enhancement

TEM Transmission electron microscopy

TN True negative

TP True positive

UV Ultraviolet

Vs Versus