ST for the ST - Chapter 1- Organizations and their acronyms
What does ACS stand for?
American College of Surgeons
What does AMA stand for?
American Medical Association
What does ANSI stand for?
American National Standards Institute
What does APIC stand for?
Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology.
What does AORN stand for?
Association of periOperative Registered Nurses
What does CDC stand for?
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
What does CSPS stand for?
Council on Surgical and periOperative Safety
What does ESAR-VHP stand for?
Emergency Services Advanced Registry for Volunteer Health Professionals
What does EPA stand for?
Environmental Protection Agency
What does FDA stand for?
Food and Drug Administration
What does APIC do?
International professional organization for Infection Preventionists (IPs), Many IPs are employed within care institutions and also serve as educators, researchers, consultants, and clinical scientists. The mission of the organization is to promote wellness and worldwide infection prevention
What does MRC stand for?
Medical Reserve Corps
What does NFPA stand for?
National Fire Protection Association
What does NIOSH stand for?
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
What does ANSI do?
National organization that oversees development and use of recognized standards that directly impact businesses in nearly every sector, including health care.
What does the AAMI do?
Nonprofit organization involved in setting standards for the safe use of medical technology and devices.
What does OSHA stand for?
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
What does the AMA do?
Professional organization dedicated to ensuring sustainable physician practices that result in better health outcomes for patients
What does ACS do?
Professional organization dedicated to improving the quality of care for the surgical patient by setting standards for surgical education and practice
What does AAMI stand for?
The Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation
What does NIOSH do?
US federal agency within the CDC that conducts research and makes recommendations to prevent work related injury and illness
What does OSHA do?
US federal agency within the CDC that conducts research and makes recommendations to prevent work related injury, illnesses, and occupational fatalities by issuing and enforcing standards for workplace safety and health,
What does the CDC do?
US government organization under the federal Department of Health and Human Services that works with and states other partners to provide a system of health surveillance to monitor and prevent disease outbreaks (including bio terrorism), implement disease prevention strategies, and maintain international health statistics.
What does WHO stand for?
World Health Organization
What does the FDA do?
agency of the US Department of Health and Human Services responsible for promoting public health through the regulation of food safety , tobacco products, medications, blood transfusions, medial devices, and cosmetics.
What does the EPA do?
agency of the US government charged with protecting human health and the environment by writing and enforcing regulations based on laws passed by Congress
What does CSPS do?
consists of 7 health organizations, including AST, that promote excellence in surgical safety.
What does WHO do?
directing and coordinating authority for health within the United Nations system. It is responsible for providing leadership on global health matters, shaping the health research agenda, setting norms and standards, articulating evidence based policy options, providing technical support to countries, and monitoring and assessing health trends.
What does ESAR-VHP do?
federal program created to support states and territories in establishing standardized volunteer registration programs for disasters and public health and medical emergencies. The program, administered on the state level, verifies health professionals' identification and credentials so that they can respond more quickly when disaster strikes. By registering through ESAR-VHP, volunteers' licenses, credentials, accreditations', and hospital privileges, are all verified in advance, saving valuable time in emergency situations
What does the Joint Commission do?
independent, non profit national organization that develops standards and acredits health care organizations in the US. The Joint Commmission
What does the MRC do?
national network of volunteers organized locally to improve the health and safety of their communities. The MRC network consists of community-based units and volunteers located throughout the United States, and it's territories. Volunteers include medical and public health professionals, as well as other community members that do not have a health care background.
What does the NFPA do?
nonprofit organization focused on reducing fire hazards and dedicated to establishing consensus fire safety codes and standards
What does the AORN do?
nonprofit professional organization that represents the interests of periOperative nurses by establishing standards in nursing education and clinical practice.
