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Association of British Healthcare Industries Limited - Acronyms Category: Health and Medicine > Acronyms Date & country: 18/12/2007, UK Words: 117

WEEE Directive
Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive

WHO
World Health Organisation

TAP
Tradeshow Access Programme

UKTI
UK Trade & Investment

SIG
Special Interest Group

SIS
Special Interest Section

SME
Small and Medium Size Enterprises

SDMA
Surgical Dressings Manufacturers Association

SERNIP
Safety and Efficacy Register of New Interventional Procedures - No longer in Existence

RoHS Directive
Restriction on the use of Hazardous Substances Directive

SBA
Scottish Biomedical Association

REACH
Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals

Rfid
Radio-frequency Identification

PFI
Private Finance Initiative

PICTF
Pharmaceutical Industry Competitiveness Task Force

PPWD
Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive

OTIS
Overseas Technical Information Service

PaSA
NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency

PCT
Primary Care Trust

OTC
Over the Counter

OCG
Office of Government Commerce

OFT
Office of Fair Trading

OMIS
Overseas Market Introduction Service

NPSA
National Patient Safety Agency

NSF
National Service Framework

NICE
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence

NIII
NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement

NHS
National Health Service

NHS SC
NHS Supply Chain

NHSLA
NHS Litigation Authority

NEAT
New and Emerging Applications of Technology Programme

NeLH
National electronic Library for Health

MRC
Medical Research Council

NAO
National Audit Office

MHRA
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency. From 1 April 2003, MHRA replaced the Medical Devices Agency (MDA) and the Medicines Control Agency (MCA).

MDD
Medical Devices Directive

MDIS
Medical Devices in Scotland

MATCH
Multidisciplinary Assessment of Technology Centre for Healthcare (a research collaboration between five leading UK universities in healthcare technology assessment, and industrial partners)

KTN
Knowledge Transfer Network. KTNs stimulate innovation in the UK's key technology sectors by promoting collaboration, best practice and knowledge sharing between industry and academia. KTNs are a DBERR Business Support Solution delivered through the Technology Programme.

ISO
International Standards Organisation

IVDMDD
In Vitro Diagnostic Medical Devices Directive

IS-TC
Independent Sector Treatment Centres - Use of the private sector to help provide extra clinical capacity to deliver swift access to treatment for NHS patients

IMRC
Innovative Manufacturing Research Centre

IP
Independent Precriber

ICP
Integrated Care Pathway

IEC
International Electrotechnical Commission

IchemE
Institution of Chemical Engineers

HTD
Health Technology Devices programme

hTEP
Human Tissue Engineered Products

HSE
Health and Safety Executive

HTA
Health Technology Assessment

HSC
Health and Safety Commission

HMT
HM Treasury

HRG
Healthcare Resource Groups - Provide a means of categorising the treatment of patients in order to monitor and evaluate the use of resources

HC
Healthcare Commission

HCHS
Hospital and Community Health Services

HITF
Healthcare Industries Task Force - Brought together government and industry leaders to identify steps to develop, stimulate the growth and performance of the UK healthcare industry and maximise the benefit to patients from healthcare products

HAI
Hospital Acquired Infection

HB
Health Board (Scotland - now NHS Boards)

HA
Health Authority

GPFH
GP Fundholder

GS1
Global Standards - Based in Brussels, Belgium, manages the GS1 standards for bar codes, business messaging, RFID and Global Distribution Systems

GMS
General Medical Services

GPC
General Practitioner Committee

GMC
General Medical Council

GMP
Good Manufacturing Practice

GDP
Gross Domestic Product

FHT
Foundation Hospital Trust

GAMBICA
The Association for Instrumentation, Control, Automation, and Laboratory Technology (incorporating BLWA)

FDA
Food and Drug Administration

ETP
Electronic Transfer of Presciptions

Eucomed
The largest representative body of the European Medical Technology and Devices Industry.

EPSRC
Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council

EDMA
European Diagnostics Manufacturers Association

EPR
Electronic Patient Record

DT
Drug Tariff

EBM
Evidence Based Medicine

DH or DOH
Department of Health

DIUS
Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills

DfiD
Department for International Development

DH International
Deparment of Health international

CSR
Comprehensive Spending Review

DBERR
Department for Enterprise, Business and Regulatory Reform - BERR (formerly DTI)

CRM
Cardiac Rhythm Management

CSM
Committee of Safety of Medicines

CPO
Chief Pharmaceutical Officer

CPH
Collaborative Procurement Hub - Part of the SCEP focussed on purchasing strategy at a regional level

CPO
Collaborative Procurement Organisation ( Term used to cover Hubs and Confederations focussed on purchasing strategy at a regional level)

CMO
Chief Medical Officer

CNO
Chief Nursing Officer

CEP
Centre for Evidence-based Purchasing (formerly the Device Evaluation Service of the MHRA)

CHAI
Commission for Audit and Health Improvement (Healthcare Commission) - The Healthcare Commission is an independent body, set up to promote and drive improvement in the quality of healthcare and public health through inspection, reporting and performance ratings

CENELEC
Comité européen de normalisation électrotechnique - the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization

CEN
Comité Européen de Normalisation - the European Committee for Standardization

CD
Commercial Directorate of the Department of Health - Securing best value as well as achieving greater levels of effectiveness for the Department of Health and the NHS through the use of best commercial practices and better commercial relationships

CBI
Confederation of British Industry - the leading lobbying organisation for UK business on national and international issues.

BSI
British Standards Institution - the UK's National Standards Body

BSA
NHS Business Services Authority - Replaces the Dental Practice Board, NHS Counter Fraud and Security Management Service, NHS Pensions Agency and Prescriptions Pricing Authority

BPI
Best Procurement Initiative (Scotland) - Designed to drive out improvements in the NHS Scotland supply chain in the areas of logistics, strategic sourcing and process and technology

BMA
British Medical Association