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Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Acronyms." Institute of Medicine. 2013. The Childhood Immunization Schedule and Safety: Stakeholder Concerns, Scientific Evidence, and Future Studies. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13563.
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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
Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Acronyms." Institute of Medicine. 2013. The Childhood Immunization Schedule and Safety: Stakeholder Concerns, Scientific Evidence, and Future Studies. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13563.
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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

Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Acronyms." Institute of Medicine. 2013. The Childhood Immunization Schedule and Safety: Stakeholder Concerns, Scientific Evidence, and Future Studies. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13563.
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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
Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Acronyms." Institute of Medicine. 2013. The Childhood Immunization Schedule and Safety: Stakeholder Concerns, Scientific Evidence, and Future Studies. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13563.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Acronyms." Institute of Medicine. 2013. The Childhood Immunization Schedule and Safety: Stakeholder Concerns, Scientific Evidence, and Future Studies. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13563.
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Vaccines are among the most safe and effective public health interventions to prevent serious disease and death. Because of the success of vaccines, most Americans today have no firsthand experience with such devastating illnesses as polio or diphtheria. Health care providers who vaccinate young children follow a schedule prepared by the U.S. Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. Under the current schedule, children younger than six may receive as many as 24 immunizations by their second birthday. New vaccines undergo rigorous testing prior to receiving FDA approval; however, like all medicines and medical interventions, vaccines carry some risk.

Driven largely by concerns about potential side effects, there has been a shift in some parents' attitudes toward the child immunization schedule. The Childhood Immunization Schedule and Safety identifies research approaches, methodologies, and study designs that could address questions about the safety of the current schedule.

This report is the most comprehensive examination of the immunization schedule to date. The IOM authoring committee uncovered no evidence of major safety concerns associated with adherence to the childhood immunization schedule. Should signals arise that there may be need for investigation, however, the report offers a framework for conducting safety research using existing or new data collection systems.

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