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Morel C, McClure L, Edwards S, et al., editors. Ensuring innovation in diagnostics for bacterial infection: Implications for policy [Internet]. Copenhagen (Denmark): European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies; 2016. (Observatory Studies Series, No. 44.)

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Ensuring innovation in diagnostics for bacterial infection: Implications for policy [Internet].

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List of abbreviations

ADEPT

Autonomous Diagnostics to Enable Prevention and Therapeutics

AHRQ

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

AMA

American Medical Association

AMCP

Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy

APC

Ambulatory Payment Classification

APEC

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation

ASPR

Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response

AWARE

Alliance Working for Antibiotic Resistance Education

BARDA

Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority

BBMRI

European Biobanking and Biomolecular Resources Infrastructure

BCBS

BlueCross BlueShield Association

BIVDA

British In Vitro Diagnostics Association

CAD

Canadian dollars

CDC

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

CDDEP

Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy

CED

Coverage with evidence development

CEN

European Committee for Standardization

CENELEC

European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization

CER

Comparative effectiveness research

CFR

Code of Federal Regulations

CLIA

Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments

CMS

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

CPI

Consumer price index

CPT

Current Procedural Technology

CQUIN

Commissioning for Quality and Innovation

DAP

Diagnostics assessment programme

DARPA

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

DEcIDE

Developing Evidence to Inform Decisions about Effectiveness

DG

Directorate-General

DHHS

Department of Health and Human Services (United States)

DNA

Deoxyribonucleic acid

DRG

Diagnosis-related group

EARS-Net

European Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Network

EC

European Commission

ECDC

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control

EDMA

European Diagnostic Manufacturers Association

EEA

European Economic Area

EPCs

Evidence-based practice centers

ESAC-Net

European Surveillance of Antimicrobial Consumption Network

ESO

European Standards Organization

EU

European Union

EUA

Emergency Use Authorization

EUDAMED

European Database on Medical Devices

FDA

Food and Drug Administration

FDASIA

Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act

FDC

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act

FP7

7th Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development

GAS

Group A β-haemolytic streptococcus

GBP

British pound

GHTF

Global Harmonization Task Force

GPs

General practitioners

GPOs

Group purchasing organizations

HAI

Hospital acquired infections

HGC

Human Genetics Commission

HRGs

Health-related groups

ICU

Intensive care unit

IDE

Investigations Device Exemption

IDSA

Infectious Diseases Society of America

IMDRF

International Medical Device Regulators Forum

IMI

Innovative Medicines Initiative

IP

Intellectual property

IPPS

Inpatient Prospective Payment System

IRB

Institutional review board

ISO

International Organization for Standards

IUO

Investigational use only

IVD

In vitro diagnostic/s

IVDD

In Vitro Diagnostic Medical Devices Directive

JEREMIE

Joint European Resources for Micro to Medium Enterprises

LCD

Local coverage decisions

LDT

Laboratory-developed test

LOS

Length of stay

LPAD

Limited population antibacterial drug

LSIF

Life Sciences Innovation Forum

MAC

Medicare administrative contractors

MDR

Multi-drug resistant

MDUFA

Medical Device User Fee Amendments

MDUFMA

Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act

MHRA

Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency

MODDERN Cures Act

Modernizing Our Drug and Diagnostics Evaluation and Regulatory Network Act

MRSA

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

MS-DRG

Severity-adjusted diagnostic related groups

MTB

Mycobacterium tuberculosis

NBs

Notified Bodies

NCD

National coverage decisions

NHS

National Health Service (United Kingdom)

NIAID

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

NICE

National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence

NIH

National Institutes of Health (United States)

NIHR

National Institute for Health Research

NLA

National limitation amount

OPPS

Outpatient prospective payment system

PCOR

Patient-centered outcomes research

PCORI

Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute

PCR

Polymerase chain reaction

PHC

Personalized health care

PMA

Pre-market approval

POC

Point-of-care

POCT

Point-of-care tests

POCTRN

POC Technologies Research Network

PPP

Public–private partnership

PwC

PricewaterhouseCoopers

QALY

Quality-adjusted life year

QSR

Quality System Regulations

R&D

Research and development

RCT

Randomized control trial

RHSC

LSIF Regulatory Harmonization Steering Committee

RNA

Ribonucleic acid

RUO

Research use only

SACGHS

Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Genetics, Health, and Society

SBIR

Small Business Innovation Research

SBRI

Small Business Research Initiative

SIRS

Systemic inflammatory response syndrome

SME

Small- and medium-sized enterprises

SSI

Surgical site infection

STI

Sexually transmitted infection

STTR

Small Business Technology Transfer

TB

Tuberculosis

TEC

Technology Evaluation Center

TPPs

Target Product Profiles

TSN

The Surveillance Network

TTIP

Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership

UDI

Unique Device Identifier

USPSTF

United States Preventive Services Task Force

USPTO

United States Patent and Trademark Office

UTI

Urinary tract infection

VA

United States Department of Veterans Affairs

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