TABLE 1.
Terminology
| Term(s) | Acronym(s) and Similar Term(s) |
|---|---|
| All-hazards preparedness | Needs assessment |
| CDC Crisis and Emergency Risk Communication | CERC |
| Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | CDC |
| Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services | CMS |
| Common operating procedure, common operating picture | COP |
| Department of Health | DOH |
| Department of Health and Human Services | HHS |
| Ebola virus disease | EVD |
| Emergency department | ED |
| Emergency management program | EMP |
| Emergency Medical Services | EMS |
| Emergency operations plan | EOP |
| Emergency support function | ESF |
| Expert guidance document (SHEA) | EG |
| Federal Emergency Management Agency | FEMA |
| Hazard vulnerability analysis, risk assessment | HVA |
| Healthcare personnel | HCP |
| Healthcare epidemiologist | HE |
| Hospital incident command system | HICS |
| Hospital incident management team | HIMT |
| Hospital command center Healthcare coalition | HCC |
| Hospital preparedness program | HPP |
| Incident command system | ICS |
| Unified command | UC |
| Incident commander | IC |
| Infectious disease | ID |
| Infection preventionist | IP |
| Job action sheet | JAS |
| Laboratory response network | LRN |
| Liaison officer | LO |
| Long-term care facility | LTCF |
| Medical screening examination | MSE |
| Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus | MERS-CoV |
| Multidrug-resistant organism | MDRO |
| National Disaster Medical System | NDMS |
| National Incident Management System | NIMS |
| National response framework | NRF |
| Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response | ASPR |
| Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response, CDC | PHPR |
| Person under investigation | PUI |
| Personal air purifying respirators | PAPR |
| Personal protective equipment | PPE |
| Public information officer | PIO |
| Reusable medical equipment | RME |
| Safety officer | SO |
| Severe acute respiratory syndrome | SARS |