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ABBREVIATIONS<br />

AED Academy for Educational Development<br />

AIDS acquired immunodeficiency syndrome<br />

ASTM American Society for Testing and Materials<br />

BASICS Basic Support for Institutionalizing Child Survival<br />

CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention<br />

CEN Comité Européen de Normalisation / European Committee for<br />

Standardization<br />

CEO chief executive officer<br />

CFU colony forming unit<br />

CHG chlorhexidine gluconate<br />

CTICU cardiothoracic intensive care unit<br />

DOTS directly observed treatment short-course<br />

EA<br />

ethanol<br />

EN / prEN European norm / European norm in preparation (prenorm)<br />

EDTA ethylene-diaminetetraacetic acid<br />

EHP The Environmental Health Project<br />

ESBL extended-spectrum beta-lactamase<br />

FDA Food and Drug Administration<br />

HAV hepatitis A virus<br />

HBV hepatitis B virus<br />

HCAI health care-associated infection<br />

HCP hexachlorophene soap/detergent<br />

HCW health-care worker<br />

HICPAC Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee<br />

HIV human immunodeficiency virus<br />

HSV herpes simplex virus<br />

ICU intensive care unit<br />

IPA isopropanol<br />

IPA-H isopropanol + humectants<br />

JCAHO Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations<br />

JHPIEGO Johns Hopkins Program for International Education on Gynecology and<br />

Obstetrics (international health organization affiliated to Johns Hopkins<br />

University)<br />

KAAMC King Abdul Aziz Medical Center<br />

LR<br />

log reduction<br />

MIC minimum inhibitory concentration<br />

MICU medical intensive care unit<br />

MRSA methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

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