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Acronyms
ACOT Advisory Committee on Transplantation
AHA American Heart Association
AMA American Medical Association
AOPO Association of Organ Procurement Organizations
AST American Society of Transplantation
ASTP American Society of Transplant Physicians
ASTS American Society of Transplant Surgeons
CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CDD circulatory determination of death
CMS Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
CPR cardiopulmonary resuscitation
DCDD donation after circulatory determination of death
DHHS U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
DNDD donation after neurologic determination of death
DoT Division of Transplantation, Health Resources and Services Administration
EMS emergency medical services
ESRD end-stage renal disease
FHWA Federal Highway Administration
FY fiscal year
HCFA Health Care Financing Administration
HLA human leukocyte antigen
HRSA Health Resources and Services Administration
ICU intensive care unit
IHI Institute for Healthcare Improvement
IOM Institute of Medicine
JCAHO Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
MELD Model for End-Stage Liver Disease
MOTTEP Minority Organ and Tissue Transplant Education Program
NATCO Organization for Transplant Professionals
NCCUSL National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws
NCHS National Center for Health Statistics
NCQA National Committee for Quality Assurance
NCSL National Conference of State Legislatures
NDD neurologic determination of death
NHBD non-heart-beating organ donation
NIDDK National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases
NIH National Institutes of Health
NKF National Kidney Foundation
NOTA National Organ Transplant Act
OPO organ procurement organization
OPTN Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network
PHASE Pre-Hospital Arrest Survival Evaluation
SCCM Society of Critical Care Medicine
SRTR Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients
UAGA Uniform Anatomical Gift Act
UDDA Uniform Determination of Death Act
UNOS United Network for Organ Sharing
WHC Washington Hospital Center
