The Childhood Immunization Schedule and Safety: Stakeholder Concerns, Scientific Evidence, and Future Studies (2013)

Chapter: Appendix C: Acronyms

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Appendix C

Acronyms

AAFP American Academy of Family Physicians
AAP American Academy of Pediatrics
ACIP U.S. Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices

BCG

bacillus Calmette-Guérin

CDC

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CISA Clinical Immunization Safety Assessment Network
CPRD Clinical Practice Research Datalink (United Kingdom)
CRS Danish Civil Registration System

DT

diphtheria and tetanus toxoids absorbed
DTaP diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and acellular pertussis vaccine
DTP diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and whole-cell pertussis vaccine

EHR

electronic health record
EMR electronic medical record

FDA

Food and Drug Administration

GPRD

General Practice Research Database (United Kingdom)
GRADE Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation
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HCUP

Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project
HepB hepatitis B vaccine
HES Hospital Episode Statistics (United Kingdom)
HHS U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Hib Haemophilus influenzae type B conjugate vaccine
HIPC Human Immunology Project Consortium (NIH)
HPA Health Protection Agency (United Kingdom)

IgM

immunoglobulin M
IIS immunization information system
IMPACT Immunization Monitoring Program, Active (Canada)
IND Investigational New Drug
IOM Institute of Medicine
IPV inactivated poliovirus vaccine
IRB Institutional Review Board
ISO Immunization Safety Office (CDC)
ITP immune thrombocytopenic purpura

KID

Kids’ Inpatient Database

MCO

managed care organization
MeSH medical subject headings
MMR measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine
MMRV measles, mumps, rubella, and varicella (chickenpox) vaccine
MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Reports

NCS

National Children’s Study
NHIS National Health Interview Survey
NHS National Health Service (United Kingdom)
NIAID National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
NIH National Institutes of Health
NIS National Immunization Survey
NVAC National Vaccine Advisory Committee
NVPO National Vaccine Program Office

OPV

oral poliovirus vaccine

PCV7

7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine
PCV13 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine
PDD pervasive developmental disorder
PRISM Post-Licensure Rapid Immunization Safety Monitoring

RCT

randomized controlled trial
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TIV

trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine

VAERS

Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System
VAESCO Vaccine Adverse Event Surveillance and Communication Network
VICP National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program
VSD Vaccine Safety Datalink

WHO

World Health Organization
WISC-III Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children III
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