Glossary

ACCHS: Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services
ACEM: Australian College for Emergency Medicine
ACRRM: Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine
AEFI: Adverse Event Following Immunisation
AGCC: Australian Government Crisis Committee
AGPN: Australian General Practice Network
AHMAC: Australian Health Ministers’ Advisory Council
AHMC: Australian Health Ministers’ Conference
AHMPPI: Australian Health Management Plan for Pandemic Influenza
AHPC: Australian Health Protection Committee
AHPCNIC: Australian Health Protection Committee National Immunisation Committee Pandemic Vaccine Working Group
AIHW: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
AMA: Australian Medical Association
ANZICS: Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society
APNA: Australian Practice Nurses Association
AQIS: Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service
ASPREN: Australian Sentinel Practices Research Network
ATAGI: Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation
AVS: Adult Vaccination Survey
CATI: Computer assisted telephone interview
CDC: United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CDNA: Communicable Diseases Network Australia
CHO: Chief Health Officer (states and territories)
CHQO: Chief Human Quarantine Officers
CMO: Chief Medical Officer (Commonwealth)
COAG: Council of Australian Governments
Commonwealth: Australian Government
CQO: Chief Human Quarantine Officer
DAFF: Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
DoHA: Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
EAG: Chief Medical Officer’s Expert Advisory Group on Pandemic Influenza
ECMO: Extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation
ED: Emergency departments
Fluborderplan: National Pandemic Influenza Airport Border Operations Plan
FluCAN: Influenza Complications Alert Network
GISN: WHO Global Influenza Surveillance Network
GP: General Practitioner
GPRT: General Practice Roundtable
H1N1: Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza virus
H5N1: Avian (H5N1) influenza virus
HDC: Health Declaration Card
HQSS: Home Qurantine Support System
ICU: Intensive care unit
IFN: Indigenous Flu Network
IHR: International Health Regulations 2005
ILI: Influenza-like illness

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Indigenous Australians: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
IPPWG: Inter-jurisdictional Pandemic Planners Working Group
JIC: Jurisdictional Immunisation Coordinators
Jurisdiction: Any one of the eight states and territories in Australia: the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, the Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
MDV: Multi-dose vial
MIRP: Medical Internet Research Panel
MOU: Memorandum of Understanding
NACCHO: National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (the peak Aboriginal health body representing ACCHSs throughout Australia)
NACCHO Affiliates: The state or territory peak Indigenous community–controlled health bodies; there is one in each jurisdiction
NAP: National Action Plan for Human Influenza Pandemic
NAT: Nucleic acid testing
NATA: National Association of Testing Authorities
NetEpi: An internet-based national reporting system for disease outbreaks
NFP: National Focal Point
NHEMRN: National Health Emergency Media Response Network
NHMRC: National Health and Medical Research Council
NIR: National Incident Room
NMS: National Medical Stockpile
NNDSS: National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System
NPEC: National Pandemic Emergency Committee
OATSIH: Office for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health, Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
OHP: Office of Health Protection, Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Pandemic (H1N1) 2009: The pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza virus; also WHO terminology for the pandemic in general
Pandemic vaccine: Panvax™ H1N1 Influenza Vaccine manufactured by CSL Limited and used in Australia
PanFlu VacPacks: Pandemic Influenza Vaccination Packs that include supplies to assist with the administration of the vaccine
Panvax™ Junior: Panvax™ H1N1 Vaccine Junior presented in pre-filled syringes
PCN: Pandemic Control Network
PCR: Polymerase chain reaction
PFS: Pre-filled syringes
PHLN: Public Health Laboratory Network
PHMO: Public Health Medical Officer
PHU: Public health units
PPE: Personal protective equipment
RACGP: Royal Australasian College of General Practitioners
RACP: Royal Australasian College of Physicians
RANZCOG: Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
RCPA: Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia
RDAA: Royal Doctors’ Association of Australia
SIAG: Scientific Influenza Advisory Group
SISSWG: Seasonal Influenza Surveillance Strategy Working Group
SPAG: Scientific Pandemic Advisory Group
Swine flu: Pandemic A (H1N1) 2009 influenza
TGA: Therapeutic Goods Administration
VAG: Vaccine Advisory Group
WHO: World Health Organization
WHO CC: World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza (located at the Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory in Melbourne)