Saturday, December 01, 2018

CCH:More medical Jargon

Large Customizable Interactive Monitor (LCIM)
Pediatric intensive care unit (PICU)
Health information technology (HIT)
Electronic health records (EHRs)
Drug free urine (DFU)
Failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA)

Gender nonbinary patient (some one  who identifies  neither as  male  or female)

ANC Ante Natal Care
B/B Blunt/Blunt
BCG TB vaccine
CHW Community Health Worker
CMS Central Medical Store
CSSC Christian Social Services Commission
ECHO ECHO International Health Services Ltd
ED Essential Drugs
EDL Essential Drugs List
EPI Expanded Programme on Immunisation
Hb Haemoglobin
HIV Human Immunodeficiency Virus
HW Health Worker
IDA International Dispensary Association
JMS Joint Medical Store
LBW Low Birth Weight
MCH Mother and Child Health
MEDS Mission for Essential Drugs and Supplies
MOH Ministry of Health
MSF Medecins Sans Frontieres
NGO Non Government Organisation
ORS Oral Rehydration Solution
ORT Oral Rehydration Therapy
Paed Paediatric
PHC Primary Health Care
Pr Pair
PVC Poly Vinyl Chloride
SS Stainless Steel
S/S Sharp/Sharp
SSS Sugar Salt Solution
STI Sexually Transmitted Infection
TBA Traditional Birth Attendant
TH Traditional Healer
TT Tetanus Toxoid vaccine
UNICEF United Nations Children’s Fund
VEN Vital, Essential, Non-essential

WHO World Health Organisation

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