Abbreviations
°C
°F
3PL
4PL
ADR
AE
AEFI
ALARA
ALARP
AMC
ANSI
API
ASEAN
ASTM
ATP
AWB
BCG
BIPM
BSI
CAPA
CCM
CCP
CEIV
CFC
CIOMS
CFR
CIF
cm3
CPP
CPT
CQA
CRF
CRO
CTC
CTD
DCVMN
DFSS
DMADV
DMAIC
DoH
DPMO
DPWN
DQ
DSMB
DT
DTP
DTwP
EC
ECBS
EDLM
EEFO
EFTA
EMEA
EML
EMV
EN
EPAL
EPELA
EPI
EPP
EPS
ETA
ETI
EU
EXW
FAS
FCA
FEFO
FIFO
FMEA
FMECA
FOB
FPP
FTA
GACVS
GAPPD
GAVI
GCC
GCP
GLP
GMP
gPPP
GRP
GTDP
GUM
GVSI
GWP
HACCP
HAZMAT
HAZOP
HC
HCFC
HFC
HFO
HDPE
HepB
HHM
Hib
hPa
HPV
hr
IATA
IB
ICAO
ICDRA
ICH
ICTRP
IDMC
IEC
IFPMA
IMO
IMPACT
INN
IPAC
IPV
IQ
IRB
ISO
ISPE
ISTA
JCGM
JE
kg
LCD
LDPE
LMIC
LRC
LVPs
m
mA
MDVP
MIL-STD
MKT
MMR
MNT
MR
n/a
NCL
NGO
NRA
NTC
ODS
OPV
OTIF
OQ
PAB
PAHO
PCM
PCR
PDA
PDF
pH
Ph. Int.
PHA
PIC/S
PIR
PQ
PQS
PQS
PRA
PUR
QA
QbD
QP
QTPP
RAG
REB
RH
RRF
SFFC
SKU
SLA
SMS
SOP
TCR
Td
TGA
TRS
TT
TTI
TTSPP
ULD
ULDR
UMC
UNEP
UNICEF
URS
USB
USFDA
USP
VAR
VEN
VIP
VPPAG
VVM
WHO
WMA
XPS
°F
3PL
4PL
ADR
AE
AEFI
ALARA
ALARP
AMC
ANSI
API
ASEAN
ASTM
ATP
AWB
BCG
BIPM
BSI
CAPA
CCM
CCP
CEIV
CFC
CIOMS
CFR
CIF
cm3
CPP
CPT
CQA
CRF
CRO
CTC
CTD
DCVMN
DFSS
DMADV
DMAIC
DoH
DPMO
DPWN
DQ
DSMB
DT
DTP
DTwP
EC
ECBS
EDLM
EEFO
EFTA
EMEA
EML
EMV
EN
EPAL
EPELA
EPI
EPP
EPS
ETA
ETI
EU
EXW
FAS
FCA
FEFO
FIFO
FMEA
FMECA
FOB
FPP
FTA
GACVS
GAPPD
GAVI
GCC
GCP
GLP
GMP
gPPP
GRP
GTDP
GUM
GVSI
GWP
HACCP
HAZMAT
HAZOP
HC
HCFC
HFC
HFO
HDPE
HepB
HHM
Hib
hPa
HPV
hr
IATA
IB
ICAO
ICDRA
ICH
ICTRP
IDMC
IEC
IFPMA
IMO
IMPACT
INN
IPAC
IPV
IQ
IRB
ISO
ISPE
ISTA
JCGM
JE
kg
LCD
LDPE
LMIC
LRC
LVPs
m
mA
MDVP
MIL-STD
MKT
MMR
MNT
MR
n/a
NCL
NGO
NRA
NTC
ODS
OPV
OTIF
OQ
PAB
PAHO
PCM
PCR
PDA
pH
Ph. Int.
PHA
PIC/S
PIR
PQ
PQS
PQS
PRA
PUR
QA
QbD
QP
QTPP
RAG
REB
RH
RRF
SFFC
SKU
SLA
SMS
SOP
TCR
Td
TGA
TRS
TT
TTI
TTSPP
ULD
ULDR
UMC
UNEP
UNICEF
URS
USB
USFDA
USP
VAR
VEN
VIP
VPPAG
VVM
WHO
WMA
XPS
degree Celcius
degree Fahrenheit
third-party logistics (provider)
fourth-party logistics (provider)
adverse drug reaction
adverse event
adverse event(s) following immunization
as low as reasonably achievable
as low as reasonably practical
average monthly consumption
American National Standards Institute
active pharmaceutical ingredient
Association of Southeast Asian Nations
American Society for Testing and Materials
Agreement on the International Carriage of Perishable Foodstuffs
and on the Special Equipment to be used for such Carriage
airway bill
bacilli Calmette- Guérin (tuberculosis vaccine)
Bureau International des PoidsetMesures
British Standards Institution
corrective and preventive action
(vaccine) cold chain monitor
critical control point
Center of Excellence for Independent Validators in Pharmaceutical Logistics (IATA)
chlorofluorocarbon
Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences
cost and freight
cost, insurance and freight
cubic centimetres
critical process parameter
carriage paid to
critical quality attribute
case report form
contract research organization
controlled temperature chain
common technical document
Developing Countries Vaccine Manufacturers Network
design for six-sigma
define, measure, analyze, design, and verify
define, measure, analyze, improve, and control
Declaration of Helsinki
defects per million opportunities
Deutsche Post World Net
design qualification
Data and Safety Monitoring Board
diphtheria-tetanus (vaccine)
diphtheria-tetanus-whole cell pertussis (vaccine)
diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis (vaccine)
ethics committee
Expert Committee for Biological Standardization (WHO)
electronic data logging monitor
earliest expiry first out
European Free Trade Association
European Medicines Agency
essential medicines list
expected monetary value
European standard
European Pallet Association
ExtentioetProgressio – Authentic e-Learning
Expanded Programme on Immunization
expanded polypropylene
expanded polystyrene
event tree analysis
electronic temperature indicator
European Union
Ex works
free along ship
free carrier
first expiry firs out
first in first out
failure mode and effects analysis
failure mode, effects, and criticality analysis
free on board
finished pharmaceutical product
fault tree analysis
Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety (WHO)
The Integrated Global Action Plan for the
Prevention and Control of Pneumonia and Diarrhoea
GAVI Alliance (formerly the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization)
Gulf Cooperation Council
good clinical practices
good laboratory practices
good manufacturing practices
generic preferred product profile
good regulatory practice
good trade and distribution practices
Guide to the Expression of Uncertainty in Measurement
Global Vaccine Safety Initiative (WHO)
global warming potential
hazard analysis and critical control point
hazardous materials and items
hazard and operability studies
hydrocarbons
hydrochlorofluorocarbon
hydrofluorocarbon
hydrofluoroolefin
high density polyethylene
hepatitis B (vaccine)
hierarchical holographic modelling
Haemophilus influenza type b (vaccine)
hectopascal
human papillomavirusvaccine
hour
International Air Transport Association
investigator’s brochure
International Civil Aviation Organization
International Conference of Drug Regulatory Authorities
International Conference on Harmonization (of Technical
Requirements for Registration of Pharmaceuticals for Human Use)
International Clinical Trials Registry Platform
Independent Data-Monitoring
independent ethics committee
International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations
International Maritime Organization
International Medical Products Anti-Counterfeiting Taskforce (WHO)
international nonproprietary name
Immunization Practices Advisory Committee (WHO)
inactivated polio vaccine
installation qualification
institutional review board
International Organization for Standardization
International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering
International Safe Transit Association
Joint Committee for Guides in Metrology
Japanese encephalitis (vaccine)
kilogram
liquid crystal display
low density polyethylene
low and middle income countries
lot release certificate
large volume parenterals
meter
miliampere
multi dose vial policy
military standard
mean kinetic temperature
mumps-measles-rubella (vaccine)
maternal and neonatal tetanus
measles-rubella (vaccine)
not applicable
national control laboratory
non-governmental organization
national regulatory authority
negative temperature co-efficient
ozone-depleting substances
oral polio vaccine
Intergovernmental Organization for International Carriage
by Rail (abbreviation isderived from the original French name
“L’Organisation intergouvernementale pour les transports
internationaux ferroviaires”
operational qualification
protection at birth
Pan American Health Organization
phase change material
Perishable Cargo Regulations (IATA)
Parenteral Drug Association
portable document format
potential of Hydrogen
International Pharmacopoeia (WHO)
preliminary hazard analysis
The Pharmaceutical Inspection Convention
and Pharmaceutical Inspection Co-operation Scheme
polyisocyanurate
performance qualification
Performance, Quality and Safety (project of WHO)
pharmaceutical quality system
preliminary risk analysis
polyurethane
quality assurance
quality by design
qualified person
quality target product profile
red, amber, green
research ethics board
relative humidity
risk ranking and filtering
spurious/falsely-labelled/falsified/counterfeit (medicines)
stock-keeping unit
service level agreement
short message service
standard operating procedure
Temperature Cargo Regulations (IATA)
tetanus toxoid and diphtheria (reduced component) vaccine
Therapeutic Goods Administration (Australia)
Technical Report Series (WHO)
tetanus toxoid (vaccine)
time-temperature integrator
time and temperature sensitive pharmaceutical product
unit load device
ULD regulations
Uppsala Monitoring Centre
United Nations Environment Programme
United Nations Children Fund
user requirement specification
universal serial bus
United States Food and Drug Administration
United States Pharmacopeia
vaccine arrival report
vital, essential, nonessential
vacuum insulation panels
Vaccine Presentation and Packaging Advisory Group
vaccine vial monitor
World Health Organization
World Medical Association
extruded polystyrene
degree Fahrenheit
third-party logistics (provider)
fourth-party logistics (provider)
adverse drug reaction
adverse event
adverse event(s) following immunization
as low as reasonably achievable
as low as reasonably practical
average monthly consumption
American National Standards Institute
active pharmaceutical ingredient
Association of Southeast Asian Nations
American Society for Testing and Materials
Agreement on the International Carriage of Perishable Foodstuffs
and on the Special Equipment to be used for such Carriage
airway bill
bacilli Calmette- Guérin (tuberculosis vaccine)
Bureau International des PoidsetMesures
British Standards Institution
corrective and preventive action
(vaccine) cold chain monitor
critical control point
Center of Excellence for Independent Validators in Pharmaceutical Logistics (IATA)
chlorofluorocarbon
Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences
cost and freight
cost, insurance and freight
cubic centimetres
critical process parameter
carriage paid to
critical quality attribute
case report form
contract research organization
controlled temperature chain
common technical document
Developing Countries Vaccine Manufacturers Network
design for six-sigma
define, measure, analyze, design, and verify
define, measure, analyze, improve, and control
Declaration of Helsinki
defects per million opportunities
Deutsche Post World Net
design qualification
Data and Safety Monitoring Board
diphtheria-tetanus (vaccine)
diphtheria-tetanus-whole cell pertussis (vaccine)
diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis (vaccine)
ethics committee
Expert Committee for Biological Standardization (WHO)
electronic data logging monitor
earliest expiry first out
European Free Trade Association
European Medicines Agency
essential medicines list
expected monetary value
European standard
European Pallet Association
ExtentioetProgressio – Authentic e-Learning
Expanded Programme on Immunization
expanded polypropylene
expanded polystyrene
event tree analysis
electronic temperature indicator
European Union
Ex works
free along ship
free carrier
first expiry firs out
first in first out
failure mode and effects analysis
failure mode, effects, and criticality analysis
free on board
finished pharmaceutical product
fault tree analysis
Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety (WHO)
The Integrated Global Action Plan for the
Prevention and Control of Pneumonia and Diarrhoea
GAVI Alliance (formerly the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization)
Gulf Cooperation Council
good clinical practices
good laboratory practices
good manufacturing practices
generic preferred product profile
good regulatory practice
good trade and distribution practices
Guide to the Expression of Uncertainty in Measurement
Global Vaccine Safety Initiative (WHO)
global warming potential
hazard analysis and critical control point
hazardous materials and items
hazard and operability studies
hydrocarbons
hydrochlorofluorocarbon
hydrofluorocarbon
hydrofluoroolefin
high density polyethylene
hepatitis B (vaccine)
hierarchical holographic modelling
Haemophilus influenza type b (vaccine)
hectopascal
human papillomavirusvaccine
hour
International Air Transport Association
investigator’s brochure
International Civil Aviation Organization
International Conference of Drug Regulatory Authorities
International Conference on Harmonization (of Technical
Requirements for Registration of Pharmaceuticals for Human Use)
International Clinical Trials Registry Platform
Independent Data-Monitoring
independent ethics committee
International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations
International Maritime Organization
International Medical Products Anti-Counterfeiting Taskforce (WHO)
international nonproprietary name
Immunization Practices Advisory Committee (WHO)
inactivated polio vaccine
installation qualification
institutional review board
International Organization for Standardization
International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering
International Safe Transit Association
Joint Committee for Guides in Metrology
Japanese encephalitis (vaccine)
kilogram
liquid crystal display
low density polyethylene
low and middle income countries
lot release certificate
large volume parenterals
meter
miliampere
multi dose vial policy
military standard
mean kinetic temperature
mumps-measles-rubella (vaccine)
maternal and neonatal tetanus
measles-rubella (vaccine)
not applicable
national control laboratory
non-governmental organization
national regulatory authority
negative temperature co-efficient
ozone-depleting substances
oral polio vaccine
Intergovernmental Organization for International Carriage
by Rail (abbreviation isderived from the original French name
“L’Organisation intergouvernementale pour les transports
internationaux ferroviaires”
operational qualification
protection at birth
Pan American Health Organization
phase change material
Perishable Cargo Regulations (IATA)
Parenteral Drug Association
portable document format
potential of Hydrogen
International Pharmacopoeia (WHO)
preliminary hazard analysis
The Pharmaceutical Inspection Convention
and Pharmaceutical Inspection Co-operation Scheme
polyisocyanurate
performance qualification
Performance, Quality and Safety (project of WHO)
pharmaceutical quality system
preliminary risk analysis
polyurethane
quality assurance
quality by design
qualified person
quality target product profile
red, amber, green
research ethics board
relative humidity
risk ranking and filtering
spurious/falsely-labelled/falsified/counterfeit (medicines)
stock-keeping unit
service level agreement
short message service
standard operating procedure
Temperature Cargo Regulations (IATA)
tetanus toxoid and diphtheria (reduced component) vaccine
Therapeutic Goods Administration (Australia)
Technical Report Series (WHO)
tetanus toxoid (vaccine)
time-temperature integrator
time and temperature sensitive pharmaceutical product
unit load device
ULD regulations
Uppsala Monitoring Centre
United Nations Environment Programme
United Nations Children Fund
user requirement specification
universal serial bus
United States Food and Drug Administration
United States Pharmacopeia
vaccine arrival report
vital, essential, nonessential
vacuum insulation panels
Vaccine Presentation and Packaging Advisory Group
vaccine vial monitor
World Health Organization
World Medical Association
extruded polystyrene
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