Cord Blood: Establishing a National Hematopoietic Stem Cell Bank Program (2005)
Chapter: Acronyms
ACRONYMS
AABB
American Association of Blood Banks
ABMDR
Australian Bone Marrow Donor Registry
ALL
acute lymphoblastic leukemia
AML
acute myeloid leukemia
ASBMT
American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation
ASHI
American Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics
BFU-E
burst forming units-erythroid
BMDW
Bone Marrow Donors Worldwide
BMT
bone marrow transplantation
CAM
cell adhesion molecule
CAP
College of American Pathologists
CBU
cord blood unit(s)
CDC
Centers for Disease Control
CFU-GM
colony-forming units–granulocyte-macrophage
CFU-M
colony-forming units–megakaryocyte
CFU-MIX
colony forming units–mixed
cGMP
current good manufacturing processes
CIBMTR
Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research
CLIA
Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments
CML
chronic myeloid leukemia
CMV
cytomegalovirus
COBLT
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute’s Cord Blood Banking and Transplantation Study
CPD
citrate-phosphate-dextrose (an anticoagulant)
CRIR
Caitlin Raymond International Registry
DHHS
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
DMSO
dimethylsulfoxide (a cryoprotectant)
EBMT
European Group for Bone Marrow Transplantation
EFS
event-free survival
FACT
Foundation for the Accreditation of Cellular Therapy
FDA
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
G-CSF
granulocyte colony-stimulating factor
GLP
good laboratory practice
GMP
good manufacturing practice
GPA
genetic privacy act
GTP
good tissue practice
GVHD
graft versus host disease
GVL
graft-versus-leukemia
HIPAA
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
HCT/Ps
human cellular and tissue-based products
HLA
human leukocyte antigen (human major histocompatibility complex)
HPC
hematopoietic progenitor cell
HR
high resolution
HRSA
Health Resources and Services Administration
HSC
hematopoietic stem cells
IBMTR
International Bone Marrow Transplant Registry
ICBTR
International Cord Blood Transplant Registry
IL-2
interleukin-2
IND
investigational new drug
IOM
Institute of Medicine
IRB
Institutional Review Board
ISBT
International Society of Blood Transfusion
ISCT
International Society for Cellular Therapy (formerly ISHAGE)
ISHAGE
International Society of Hematotherapy and Graft Engineering
ISO
International Standards Organization
JACIE
Joint Accreditation Committee (of EBMT)
JCAHO
Joint Commission for Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
JCBBN
Japanese Cord Blood Bank Network
LN
liquid nitrogen
LR
low resolution
LTC-IC
long term culture-initiating cells
MHC
major histocompatibility complex
MSC
mesenchymal stem cells
NATF
North American Task Force
NIH
National Institutes of Health
NK
natural killer
NMDP
National Marrow Donor Program (USA)
NYBC
New York Blood Center (USA)
OHRP
Office of Human Research Protection (NIH)
PBSC
peripheral blood stem cells
PMN
polymorphonuclear leukocytes
SCID
severe combined immunodeficiency
TBI/Cy
total body irradiation/cytokine
TNC
total nucleated cell
TRM
transplant-related mortality
Tx
transplant
UCB
umbilical cord blood
UCLA
University of California, Los Angeles
URD
unrelated donor
WBC
white blood cell
WMDA
World Marrow Donor Association
