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Appendixes
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Acronyms and Abbreviations
AABB American Association of Blood Banks
ADR alternative dispute resolution
AHCPR Agency for Health Care Policy and Research
AHF antihemophilic factor
AIDS acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
ALS amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
ALT alanine aminotransferase
ARC American Red Cross
CAT computer assisted tomography
CCBC Council of Community Blood Centers
CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CFU colony forming unit
CJD Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
CMV cytomegalovirus
CNS central nervous system
CPR Center for Public Resources
DNA PCR deoxyribonucleic acid polymerase chain reaction
EIS Epidemic Intelligence Service
ELISA I/II Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay I/II
EPA Environmental Protection Agency
FACTS Frequency of Agents Communicable by Transfusion Study
FDA Food and Drug Administration
FFP fresh frozen plasma
GLPR General Leukocyte and Plasma Repository
GSR General Serum Repository
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182 BLOOD AND BLOOD PRODUCTS: SAFETY AND RISK
HAM/TSP HTLV-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis
HAV hepatitis A virus
HBsAg hepatitis B surface antigen
HBV hepatitis B virus
HCFA Health Care Financing Administration
HCV hepatitis C virus
Hgb hemoglobin
HIV human immunodeficiency virus
HMO health maintenance organization
HRSA Health Resources and Services Administration
HTLV I/II Human T-lymphotropic virus I/II
ICL idiopathic CD4 lymphocytopenia
IOM Institute of Medicine
IRB institutional review board
MMWR Morbidity an Mortality Weekly Report
MRI magnetic resonance imaging
NHF National Hemophilia Foundation
NHLBI National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
NIH National Institutes of Health
PFU plaque forming unit
PHA phytohemagglutinin
RBCC red blood cell concentrate
REDS Retrovirus Epidemiology of Donors Study
RIBA radioimmunoblot assay
RNA PCR ribonucleic acid polymerase chain reaction
S/D solvent/detergent
TB tuberculosis
TNBP tri~n-butyl~phosphate
TTV transfusion-transmitted virus
UBS United Blood Services
UVA ultraviolet A (light)
UVC ultraviolet C (light)
VSV vesicular stomatitis virus
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