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Appendix B: Abbriviations and Acronyms
Pages 189-191

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... CRCPD Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors IOM Institute of Medicine JCAHO Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations NAS/NRC National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council NCRP National Council on Radiation Protection USP United States Pharmacopoeia FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS AND AGENCIES ACMUI Advisory Committee on the Medical Uses of Isotopes AEC Atomic Energy Commission AEOD Office for Analysis and Evaluation of Operational Data (NRC3 BMD . Bureau of Medical Devices BRH Bureau of Radiological Health CDRH Center for Devices and Radiological Health CFR Code of Federal Regulations CIRRPC Committee on Interagency Radiation Research and Policy Coordination DHHS Department of Health, Education and Welfare (now DHHS)
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From page 190...
... 190 DHHS DOD DOE DOT EPA ERDA FDA FR FRC GAO HCEA JCAE NRC OMB OSHA PHS RPC VA RADIA TION IN MEDICINE Department of Health and Human Services Department of Defense Department of Energy Department of Transportation Environmental Protection Agency Energy Research and Development Agency Food and Drug Administration Federal Register Federal Radiation Council General Accounting Office Health Care Financing Administration Joint Committee on Atomic Energy Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Management and Budget Occupational Safety and Health Administration Public Health Service Radiation Policy Council Department of Veterans Affairs INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS ICRP Intemational Commission on Radiological Protection ICRU International Commission on Radiation Units and Measurements UNSCEAR United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation AEA ERA MQSA RCHS SMDA LEGISLATION AND EXECUTIVE ORDERS Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as Amended Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 Mammography Quality Standards Act of 1992 Radiation Control for Health Safety Act of 1968 Safe Medical Device Act of 1991 MISCELLANEOUS ADE Adverse drug event ALAP As low as practicable ALARA As low as reasonably achievable ALI Annual limit on intake BRC Below regulatory concern CABG Coronary artery bypass graft CT Computed tomography
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From page 191...
... APPENDIX B DIS DREF EDE ESK [-1'L FY GI HDR IORT LDR MPD MRI NARM PET POCS QA QM RPG RSO SPECI SRS SSRCR UGI 191 Decay in storage Dose rate effectiveness factor Effective dose equivalent Entrance skin air kerma Full-time equivalent Fiscal year Gastrointestinal High dose rate Intraoperative radiation therapy Low dose rate Maximum permissible dose Magnetic resonance imaging Naturally occurring and accelerator-produced radioactive material Positron emission tomography Patterns of care study Quality assurance Quality management Radiation protection guide Radiation safety officer Single photon emission computed tomography Ste reotactic radio surgery Suggested State Regulations for the Control of Radiation Upper gastrointestinal
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  • radiation protection
  • radiation control
  • medical device
  • energy commission
  • control program

  • national council
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  • interagency radiation
  • radiation research
  • atomic energy

  • radiological health
  • federal government
  • federal regulations
  • government programs
  • states pharmacopoeia

  • pharmacopoeia federal
  • research council
  • united states
  • operational data
  • joint commission

  • medical devices
  • advisory committee
  • national academy
  • healthcare organizations


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