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APPENDIX G - FY 2000 OST Annual Report Abbreviations and Acronyms
| AAMI | American Association for Medical Instrumentation |
| AAPM | American Association of Physicists in Medicine |
| ACCA | Associate Commissioner for Consumer Affairs, OC, FDA, DHHS |
| ACF | Administration for Children and Families, DHHS |
| ACCME | Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education |
| ACHA | Associate Commissioner for Health Affairs, OC, FDA, DHHS |
| ACLA | Associate Commissioner for Legislative Affairs, OC, FDA, DHHS |
| ACMP | American College of Medical Physicists |
| ACOM | Associate Commissioner for Office of Management, OC, FDA |
| ACPA | Associate Commissioner for Public Affairs, OC, FDA, DHHS (Press) |
| ACPE | Associate Commissioner for Planning and Evaluation, OC, FDA, DHHS |
| ACPE | American Council on Pharmaceutical Education |
| ACR | American College of Radiology |
| ACRA | Associate Commissioner for Regulatory Affairs, OC, FDA, DHHS |
| ADA | American Dental Association |
| ADAMHA | Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration, PHS, DHHS |
| AFGE | American Federation of Government Employees (Union) |
| AFIP | Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (located at WRAMC), DOD |
| AHA | American Hospital Association |
| AHCPR | Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, PHS, DHHS |
| AIMBE | American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering |
| AMA | American Medical Association |
| ANSI | American National Standards Institute |
| ARCRT | American Registry of Clinical Radiography Technologists (MQSA) |
| ARPA | Advanced Research Projects Agency |
| ARRT | American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (MQSA) |
| ASH | Assistant Secretary for Health, DHHS |
| ASPE | Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, DHHS |
| ASPER | Assistant Secretary for Personnel Administration, DHHS |
| ASTM | American Society for Testing and Materials |
| BRMD | Bureau of Radiation and Medical Devices, CANADA |
| CBER | Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, FDA, DHHS |
| CC | Clinical Center (Warren Magnuson Clinical Center), NIH, DHHS |
| CEU | Continuing Education Unit |
| CDC/CDCP | Centers for Disease Control/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
| CENELEC | European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization (French term, English translation) |
| CDER | Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, FDA, DHHS |
| CDRH | Center for Devices and Radiological Health, FDA, DHHS |
| CFSAN | Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, FDA, DHHS |
| CIA | U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (Headquarters: Arlington, VA) |
| CIRMS | Council on Ionizing Radiation Measurements and Standards, NIST |
| CLIA | Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 |
| CME | Continuing Medical Education |
| CRADA | Cooperative Research and Development Agreement |
| CRCPD | Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors |
| CTIA | Cellular Telephone Industry Association |
| CVM | Center for Veterinary Medicine, FDA, DHHS |
| DASH | Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health, OASH, DHHS |
| DCP | Division of Commissioned Personnel, OASH, OSG (Parklawn Building) |
| DHHS | U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
| DHSS | Department of Health and Social Security, ENGLAND |
| DOC | U.S. Department of Commerce |
| DOD | U.S. Department of Defense |
| DOL | U.S. Department of Labor |
| DOE | U.S. Department of Energy |
| DOT | U.S. Department of Transportation |
| ECRI | Emergency Care Research Institute (no longer uses name - initials only) |
| EEO | Equal Employment Opportunity Act |
| EMBS | Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, IEEE |
| ERIM | Environmental Research Institute of Michigan |
| FAA | Federal Aeronautics Administration |
| FBI | Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice |
| FCC | Federal Communications Commission |
| FCCSET | Federal Coordinating Council for Science, Engineering and Technology, |
| FIC | Fogarty International Center, NIH, DHHS |
| FDLI | Food and Drug Law Institute |
| FDA | U.S. Food and Drug Administration, PHS, DHHS |
| FOIA | Freedom of Information Act |
| FTC | U.S. Federal Trade Commission |
| GAO | General Accounting Office |
| GC | General Counsel, FDA (now Office of Chief Counsel, FDA) |
| GPRA | Government Performance and Results Act |
| GPRE | Government Program Review and Evaluation |
| GSA | General Services Administration |
| HCFA | Health Care Financing Administration |
| HIMA | Health Industry Manufacturers Association |
| HRG | Health Research Group (Public Citizen: Ralph Nader-Dr. Sidney Wolfe) (Consumers Health Political Action Committee PAC) |
| HRSA | Health Resources and Services Administration, PHS, DHHS |
| ICRP | International Commission on Radiological Protection |
| ICRU | International Commission on Radiation Units and Measurements |
| IEC | International Electrotechnical Commission |
| IEEE | Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Inc. |
| IFIP | International Federation for Information Processing |
| IG | Inspector General, OIG, DHHS |
| IHS | Indian Health Service, DHHS |
| INNS | International Neural Networks Society |
| INS | U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service |
| IOM | Institute of Medicine, NAS |
| IRB | Institutional Review Board |
| IRS | U.S. Internal Revenue Service |
| ISO | International Standards Organization |
| JCAHCA | Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations |
| NAAP | National Association of Apnea Professionals |
| NAS | National Academy of Sciences |
| NBS | National Bureau of Standards, DOC (No longer exists: See NIST), |
| NCCLS | National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Science |
| NCHS | National Center for Health Statistics, CDCP, DHHS |
| NCHGR | National Center for Human Genome Research, NIH, DHHS |
| NCI | National Cancer Institute, NIH, DHHS |
| NCNR | National Center for Nursing Research, NIH, DHHS |
| NCRP | National Council on Radiation Protection |
| NCTR | National Center for Toxicological Research, FDA, DHHS |
| NEI | National Eye Institute, NIH, DHHS |
| NEMA | National Electrical Manufacturers Association |
| NHLBI | National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH, DHHS |
| NIA | National Institute on Aging, NIH, DHHS |
| NIAAA | National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, NIH, DHHS |
| NIAID | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, DHHS |
| NIAMSK | National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, NIH, DHHS |
| NICHHD | National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH, |
| NIDCD | National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, NIH, DHHS |
| NIDA | National Institute on Drug Abuse, NIH, DHHS |
| NIDDKD | National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH |
| NIDR | National Institute of Dental Research, NIH, DHHS |
| NIEHS | National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH, DHHS |
| NIGMS | National Institute of General Medical Sciences, NIH, DHHS |
| NIMH | National Institute of Mental Health, NIH, DHHS |
| NINDS | National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH, DHHS |
| NIH | National Institutes of Health |
| NIOSH | National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, CDCP, DHHS |
| NIST | National Institute of Standards and Technology, DOC (formerly NBS) |
| NLM | National Library of Medicine, NIH, DHHS |
| NMQAAC | National Mammography Quality Assurance Advisory Committee, FDA |
| NRC | National Research Council |
| NRC | U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission |
| NSA | U.S. National Security Agency (Headquarters: Fort Meade, MD) |
| NSF | National Science Foundation |
| NOAA | National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration |
| NVLAP | National Association of Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Practices |
| OC | Office of the Commissioner, FDA |
| OCA | U.S. Office of Consumer Affairs |
| OCC | Office of the Chief Counsel, FDA (formerly OGC) |
| OCR | Office for Civil Rights, DHHS |
| OHA | Office of Health Affairs, FDA, DHHS |
| OIG | Office of the Inspector General |
| OLA | Office of Legislative Affairs, OC, FDA, DHHS |
| OMB | Office of Management and Budget |
| OPA | Office of Public Affairs, OC, FDA, DHHS (Press Office/Relations) |
| OPE | Office of Planning and Evaluation, FDA, DHHS |
| ORA | Office of Regulatory Affairs, FDA, DHHS |
| OPM | Office of Personnel Management |
| OS | Office of the Secretary, DHHS |
| OSG | Office of the Surgeon General, PHS, DHHS (Commissioned Corps) |
| OSHA | Occupational Safety and Health Administration |
| PAC | Political Action Committee |
| PAHO | Pan-American Health Organization, WHO, UN |
| PHS | U.S. Public Health Service |
| RESNA | Rehabilitation Engineering Society of North America, ANSI |
| RSNA | Radiological Society of North America |
| SAMHSA | Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, DHHS |
| SCVIR | Society for Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology |
| SMDA | Safe Medical Devices Act of 1990 |
| SNL | Sandia National Laboratories |
| SPIE | Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers |
| SSA | Social Security Administration (formerly part of DHHS) |
| SSRCR | Suggested State Regulations for Control of Radiation |
| UL | Underwriters Laboratories |
| UN | United Nations |
| USDA | U.S. Department of Agriculture |
| WCNN | World Congress of Neural Networks |
| WEAC | Winchester Engineering and Analytical Center, FDA, DHHS |
| WHO | World Health Organization, UN |
| WRAIR | Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, WRAMC, U.S. Army |
| WRAMC | Walter Reed Army Medical Center, U.S. Army |
| CDRH ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS | |
| DDL | Devices and Diagnostics Letter (also known as The Orange Sheet) (Weekly Trade Magazine) |
| DCRND | Division of Cardiovascular, Respiratory and Neurological Devices, ODE |
| DCLD | Divison of Clinical Laboratory Devices, ODE |
| DECS | Division of Electronics and Computer Science, OST |
| DGRD | Division of General and Restorative Devices, ODE |
| DLS | Division of Life Sciences, OST |
| DMISS | Division of Management, Information and Support Services, OST |
| DMMS | Division of Mechanics and Materials Science, OST |
| DMQRP | Division of Mammography Quality and Radiation Programs, OHIP |
| DOD | Division of Ophthalmic Devices, ODE |
| DPS | Division of Physical Sciences, OST |
| DRAERD | Division of Reproductive, Abdominal, ENT, & Radiological Devices, ODE |
| EIR | Establishment Inspection Report |
| EMC | Electromagnetic Capability |
| EMI | Electromagnetic Interference |
| ERC | NSF Engineering Research Center, Duke University (National Science Foundation) |
| 510(k) | Five-Ten K: Premarket Notification of New Medical Device (Clearance Based on a Similar, Previously Cleared Device) |
| HL | High Level or High-Level Control |
| IDE | Investigational Device Exemption |
| IND | Investigational New Device (or Drug) (application for transitional devices) |
| IAG | Interagency Agreement |
| kVp | Measurement of Meters (as in kVp Meters) |
| MDDI | Medical Devices, Diagnostics & Instrumentation (also known as The Gray Sheet) (Weekly Trade Magazine)) |
| MDH | X-ray radiation instrument used by FDA in its inspections (originally marketed by a company called MDH) |
| MDR | Mandatory Device Reporting Program |
| MON | Memorandum (Memoranda) of Need |
| MQC | Mammography Quality Control (as in MQC Manual) |
| MQSA | Mammography Quality Standards Act of 1992 |
| MRI | Magnetic Resonance Imaging (formerly nuclear magnetic resonance) |
| MRS | Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy |
| NEXT | Nationwide Evaluation X-ray Trends (Data Bank) |
| NSWL | Naval Surface Warfare Laboratory (in White Oak, Silver Spring) |
| NVLAP | National Voluntary Laboratory Accredited Program, (NIST, DOC) (MQSA) |
| OCD | Office of the Center Director, CDRH, FDA, DHHS |
| OC | Office of Compliance, CDRH, FDA |
| ODE | Office of Device Evaluation, CDRH, FDA |
| OHIP | Office of Health and Industry Programs, CDRH, FDA |
| OSM | Office of Systems and Management, CDRH, FDA |
| OPA | Office of Public Affairs, FDA, DHHS (Press Office) |
| ORA | Office of Regulatory Affairs, FDA, DHHS (field offices) |
| OSB | Office of Surveillance and Biometrics, CDRH, FDA |
| OST | Office of Science and Technology, CDRH, FDA |
| PDP | Product Development Protocol |
| PMA/PMAA | Pre-Market Approval Application |
| PMS | Post-Market Surveillance |
| QA | Quality Assurance |
| QC | Quality Control |
| RIHSC | Research Involving Human Subjects Committee, FDA |
| ROC | Receiver Operating Characteristic Curve |
| RRHR | Regional Radiological Health Representative, FDA |
| SCLIR | Secondary Calibration Laboratories for Ionizing Radiation |
| SIDS | Sudden Infant Death Syndrome |
| TEPRSSC | Technical Electronic Product Radiation Safety Standards Committee, CDRH, FDA, DHHS |
| TMJ | Temporomandibular Joint |
| TQM | Total Quality Management |
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