The Safe Use Initiative and Health Literacy: Workshop Summary (2010)
Chapter: Appendix A: Acronyms
Appendix A
Acronyms
AAP American Academy of Pediatrics
AARP a nonprofit, nonpartisan membership organization for people 50 and older aimed at promoting well-being
ADE adverse drug event
AHIP America’s Health Insurance Plans
AHRQ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
APAP acetaminophen
ARRA American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
ASHP American Society of Health-System Pharmacists
BID medication label direction to use twice a day
CADES Cooperative Adverse Drug Event Surveillance Project
CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CDER Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, a center of the Food and Drug Administration
CEO chief executive officer
CHPA Consumer Healthcare Products Association
CMI consumer medicine information
CMS Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
ED emergency department
EHR electronic health record
EMR electronic medical record
ER emergency room
FDA Food and Drug Administration
GAO General Accounting Office
GI gastrointestinal
IOM Institute of Medicine
NCL National Consumers League
NCPA National Community Pharmacists Association
NCPIE National Council on Patient Information and Education
NEISS National Electronic Injury Surveillance System
NIDA National Institute on Drug Abuse
NLM National Library of Medicine
OTC over-the-counter
PIL patient information leaflet
PM post meridiem or after noon
PPI patient package insert
PRN medication label direction to use as needed
PROTECT Preventing Overdoses & Treatment Errors in Children Taskforce
QID medication label direction to use four times a day
REMS Risk evaluation and mitigation strategies
SAMHSA Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
SIG prescription medication label prescribing directions
USP U.S. Pharmacopeia
USP-NF U.S. Pharmacopeia-National Formulary
