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