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APPENDIX G - FY 2001 OST Annual Report Abbreviations and Acronmyms
AAMI
HRSA | - American Association for Medical Instrumentation - American Association of Physicists in Medicine - Associate Commissioner for Consumer Affairs, OC, FDA, DHHS - Administration for Children and Families, DHHS - Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education - Associate Commissioner for Health Affairs, OC, FDA, DHHS - Associate Commissioner for Legislative Affairs, OC, FDA, DHHS - American College of Medical Physicists - Associate Commissioner for Office of Management, OC, FDA - Associate Commissioner for Public Affairs, OC, FDA, DHHS (Press) - Associate Commissioner for Planning and Evaluation, OC, FDA, DHHS - American Council on Pharmaceutical Education - American College of Radiology - Associate Commissioner for Regulatory Affairs, OC, FDA, DHHS - American Dental Association - Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration, PHS, DHHS - American Federation of Government Employees (Union) - Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (located at WRAMC), DOD - American Hospital Association - Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, PHS, DHHS - American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering - American Medical Association - American National Standards Institute - American Registry of Clinical Radiography Technologists (MQSA) - Advanced Research Projects Agency - American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (MQSA) - Assistant Secretary for Health, DHHS - Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, DHHS - Assistant Secretary for Personnel Administration, DHHS - American Society for Testing and Materials - Bureau of Radiation and Medical Devices, CANADA - Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, FDA, DHHS - Clinical Center (Warren Magnuson Clinical Center), NIH, DHHS - Continuing Education Unit - Centers for Disease Control/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization (French term, English translation) - Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, FDA, DHHS - Center for Devices and Radiological Health, FDA, DHHS - Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, FDA, DHHS - U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (Headquarters: Arlington, VA) - Council on Ionizing Radiation Measurements and Standards, NIST - Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 - Continuing Medical Education - Cooperative Research and Development Agreement - Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors - Cellular Telephone Industry Association - Center for Veterinary Medicine, FDA, DHHS - Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health, OASH, DHHS - Division of Commissioned Personnel, OASH, OSG (Parklawn Building) - U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Department of Health and Social Security, ENGLAND - U.S. Department of Commerce - U.S. Department of Defense - U.S. Department of Labor - U.S. Department of Energy - U.S. Department of Transportation - Emergency Care Research Institute (no longer uses name—initials only) - Equal Employment Opportunity Act - Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, IEEE - Environmental Research Institute of Michigan - Federal Aeronautics Administration - Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice - Federal Communications Commission - Federal Coordinating Council for Science, Engineering and Technology, - Fogarty International Center, NIH, DHHS - Food and Drug Law Institute - U.S. Food and Drug Administration, PHS, DHHS - Freedom of Information Act - U.S. Federal Trade Commission - General Accounting Office - General Counsel, FDA (now Office of Chief Counsel, FDA) - Government Performance and Results Act - Government Program Review and Evaluation - General Services Administration - Health Care Financing Administration - Health Industry Manufacturers Association - Health Research Group (Public Citizen: Ralph Nader-Dr. Sidney Wolfe(Consumers Health Political Action Committee - PAC) - Health Resources and Services Administration, PHS, DHHS - International Commission on Radiological Protection - International Commission on Radiation Units and Measurements - International Electrotechnical Commission - Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Inc. - International Federation for Information Processing - Inspector General, OIG, DHHS - Indian Health Service, DHHS - International Neural Networks Society - U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service - Institute of Medicine, NAS - Institutional Review Board - U.S. Internal Revenue Service - International Standards Organization - Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations - National Association of Apnea Professionals - National Academy of Sciences - National Bureau of Standards, DOC (No longer exists: See NIST), - National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Science - National Center for Health Statistics, CDCP, DHHS - National Center for Human Genome Research, NIH, DHHS - National Cancer Institute, NIH, DHHS - National Center for Nursing Research, NIH, DHHS - National Council on Radiation Protection - National Center for Toxicological Research, FDA, DHHS - National Eye Institute, NIH, DHHS - National Electrical Manufacturers Association - National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH, DHHS - National Institute on Aging, NIH, DHHS - National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, NIH, DHHS - National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, DHHS - National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, NIH, DHHS - National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH, - National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, NIH, DHHS NIDA - National Institute on Drug Abuse, NIH, DHHS - National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH - National Institute of Dental Research, NIH, DHHS - National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH, DHHS - National Institute of General Medical Sciences, NIH, DHHS - National Institute of Mental Health, NIH, DHHS - National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH, DHHS - National Institutes of Health - National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, CDCP, DHHS - National Institute of Standards and Technology, DOC (formerly NBS) - National Library of Medicine, NIH, DHHS - National Mammography Quality Assurance Advisory Committee, FDA - National Research Council - U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission - U.S. National Security Agency (Headquarters: Fort Meade, MD) - National Science Foundation - National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration - National Association of Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Practices - Office of the Commissioner, FDA - U.S. Office of Consumer Affairs - Office of the Chief Counsel, FDA (formerly OGC) - Office for Civil Rights, DHHS - Office of Health Affairs, FDA, DHHS - Office of the Inspector General - Office of Legislative Affairs, OC, FDA, DHHS - Office of Management and Budget - Office of Public Affairs, OC, FDA, DHHS (Press Office/Relations) - Office of Planning and Evaluation, FDA, DHHS - Office of Regulatory Affairs, FDA, DHHS - Office of Personnel Management - Office of the Secretary, DHHS - Office of the Surgeon General, PHS, DHHS (Commissioned Corps) - Occupational Safety and Health Administration - Political Action Committee - Pan-American Health Organization, WHO, UN - U.S. Public Health Service - Rehabilitation Engineering Society of North America, ANSI - Radiological Society of North America - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, DHHS - Society for Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology - Safe Medical Devices Act of 1990 - Sandia National Laboratories - Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers - Social Security Administration (formerly part of DHHS) - Suggested State Regulations for Control of Radiation - Underwriters Laboratories - United Nations - U.S. Department of Agriculture - World Congress of Neural Networks - Winchester Engineering and Analytical Center, FDA, DHHS - World Health Organization, UN - Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, WRAMC, U.S. Army - Walter Reed Army Medical Center, U.S. Army |
CDRH ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS | |
HL
| - Devices and Diagnostics Letter (also known as The Orange Sheet)(Weekly Trade Magazine) - Division of Cardiovascular, Respiratory and Neurological Devices, ODE - Divison of Clinical Laboratory Devices, ODE - Division of Electronics and Computer Science, OST - Division of General and Restorative Devices, ODE - Division of Life Sciences, OST - Division of Management, Information and Support Services, OST - Division of Mechanics and Materials Science, OST - Division of Mammography Quality and Radiation Programs, OHIP - Division of Ophthalmic Devices, ODE - Division of Physical Sciences, OST - Division of Reproductive, Abdominal, ENT, & Radiological Devices, ODE - Establishment Inspection Report - Electromagnetic Capability - Electromagnetic Interference - NSF Engineering Research Center, Duke University (National Science Foundation) - Five-Ten K: Premarket Notification of New Medical Device (Clearance Based on a Similar, Previously Cleared Device) - High Level or High-Level Control - Investigational Device Exemption - Investigational New Device (or Drug) (application for transitional devices) - Interagency Agreement - Measurement of Meters (as in kVp Meters) - Medical Devices, Diagnostics & Instrumentation (also known as The Gray Sheet) (Weekly Trade Magazine) - X-ray radiation instrument used by FDA in its inspections (originally marketed by a company called MDH) - Mandatory Device Reporting Program - Memorandum (Memoranda) of Need - Mammography Quality Control (as in MQC Manual) - Mammography Quality Standards Act of 1992 - Magnetic Resonance Imaging (formerly nuclear magnetic resonance) - Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy - Nationwide Evaluation X-ray Trends (Data Bank) - Naval Surface Warfare Laboratory (in White Oak, Silver Spring) - National Voluntary Laboratory Accredited Program, (NIST, DOC) (MQSA) - Office of the Center Director, CDRH, FDA, DHHS - Office of Compliance, CDRH, FDA - Office of Device Evaluation, CDRH, FDA - Office of Health and Industry Programs, CDRH, FDA - Office of Systems and Management, CDRH, FDA - Office of Public Affairs, FDA, DHHS (Press Office) - Office of Regulatory Affairs, FDA, DHHS (field offices) - Office of Surveillance and Biometrics, CDRH, FDA - Office of Science and Technology, CDRH, FDA - Product Development Protocol - Pre-Market Approval Application - Post-Market Surveillance - Quality Assurance - Quality Control - Research Involving Human Subjects Committee, FDA - Receiver Operating Characteristic Curve - Regional Radiological Health Representative, FDA - Secondary Calibration Laboratories for Ionizing Radiation - Sudden Infant Death Syndrome - Technical Electronic Product Radiation Safety Standards Committee, CDRH, FDA, DHHS - Temporomandibular Joint - Total Quality Management |
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