Glossary & Abbreviations

BLS Basic Life Support DESC Department of Health and Social Care DTaP Diphtheria Tetanus and Pertussis dTaP Low dose Diphtheria, Tetanus and Pertussis EMC Electronic Medicines Compendium Green Book ‘Immunisation against Infectious Diseases’ – national policy Hib Human Influenzae type B HPV Human Papilloma Virus ID Intradermal IIV Inactivated Influenza Vaccine IG Immunoglobulin IM Intramuscular IPV Inactivated Polio Vaccine JCVI Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (they inform the national policy in the Green Book) JE Japanese Encephalitis LAIV Live Attenuated Influenza Vaccine LPA Lasting Power of Attorney MAb Monoclonal antibody MenACWY Meningitis A, C, W-135, and Y MenB Meningitis B MenC Meningitis C MHRA Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (the safety people) MMR Measles, Mumps and Rubella NMS National Minimum Standards OPV Oral Polio Vaccine PCV Pneumococcal conjugated vaccine PGD Patient Group Directions PPV Polysaccharide Pneumococcal vaccine PSD Patient Specific Direction QIV Quadrivalent Influenza Vaccine RSV Respiratory Syncytial Virus SC or Sub Cut Subcutaneous SmPC Summary of Medicinal Product Characteristics (from manufacturers) TBE Tick Borne Encephalitis Td Tetanus, Diphtheria TIV Trivalent Influenza vaccine UKHSA UK Health Security Agency VKP Vaccine Knowledge Project WHO World Health Organisation