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Exploring patient participation in reducing health-care-related safety risks

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LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS<br />

ABHR alcohol-based hand rub<br />

ADE adverse drug event<br />

ADR adverse drug reaction<br />

AFSSAPS Agence Française de Sécurité Sanitaire des Produits de Santé<br />

[French Health Products Safety Agency]<br />

BSI bloodstream <strong>in</strong>fection [bacteraemia]<br />

CAHPS Consumer Assessment of Health<strong>care</strong> Providers and Systems<br />

CME cont<strong>in</strong>u<strong>in</strong>g medical education<br />

CoE Council of Europe<br />

CQC Care Quality Commission [United K<strong>in</strong>gdom (England)]<br />

CQI Consumer Quality Index<br />

CTSA Centre de Transfusion Sangu<strong>in</strong>e des Armées [Armed Forces Blood<br />

Transfusion Centre] [France]<br />

DAI determ<strong>in</strong>ation of irregular antibodies [test]<br />

DGS Direcção Geral da Saúde [Directorate General of Health]<br />

[Portugal]<br />

DUQuE Deepen<strong>in</strong>g our Understand<strong>in</strong>g of Quality Improvement <strong>in</strong> Europe<br />

[project]<br />

ECDC European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control<br />

EFS Etablissement Français du Sang [French Blood Transfusion<br />

Organization]<br />

ERS Entidade Reguladora da Saúde [Health Regulation Authority]<br />

[Portugal]<br />

EU European Union<br />

EUNeTPaS European Network on Patient Safety<br />

FNHTR febrile non-haemolytic transfusion reaction<br />

GP general practitioner<br />

GVHD graft-versus-host disease<br />

HAI <strong>health</strong> <strong>care</strong>-associated <strong>in</strong>fection(s)<br />

HAS Haute Autorité de Santé [National Authority for Health] [France]<br />

HBV hepatitis B virus<br />

HCV hepatitis C virus<br />

HCW <strong>health</strong> <strong>care</strong> worker<br />

HELiCS Hospitals <strong>in</strong> Europe L<strong>in</strong>k for Infection Control through<br />

Surveillance<br />

ICT <strong>in</strong>formation and communications technology<br />

ICU <strong>in</strong>tensive <strong>care</strong> unit<br />

IOM Institute of Medic<strong>in</strong>e<br />

IPSE Improv<strong>in</strong>g Patient Safety <strong>in</strong> Europe [project]<br />

LBP labile blood product<br />

MARQuIS Methods of Assess<strong>in</strong>g Response to Quality Improvement Strategies<br />

[project]<br />

MRSA methicill<strong>in</strong>-resistant Staphylococcus aureus<br />

NCIPD National Centre for Infectious and Parasitic Diseases [Bulgaria]<br />

List of abbreviations<br />

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