ABBREVIATIONS

CAT - Canadian Association of Transplantation

CBS - Canadian Blood Services

CCHSA - Canadian Council on Health Services Accreditation

CCOHTA - Canadian Coordinating Office for Health Technology Assessment

CCRB - Coordinating Committee on Reciprocal Billing

CCU - Critical Care Unit

CGS - Canadian General Standard for Safety of Organs and Tissues for Transplantation

CIHI - Canadian Institute for Health Information

CIHR - Canadian Institutes for Health Research

CORR - Canadian Organ Replacement Register

CMA - Canadian Medical Association

CSA - Canadian Standards Association

CTS - Canadian Transplantation Society

EEG - Electroencephalogram

F/P/T - Federal/Provincial/Territorial

HC - Health Canada

HPB - Health Protection Branch

ICU - Intensive Care Unit

LCDC - Laboratory Centre for Disease Control

MRC - Medical Research Council

NCC - National Coordinating Committee on Organ and Tissue Donation and Distribution

ONT - "Organización Nacional de Trasplantes"

OPO - Organ Procurement Organization

OPTN - Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network

OSC - Organ Sharing Canada

pmp - per million population

TPP - Therapeutic Products Programme

UBMDR - Unrelated Bone Marrow Donor Registry

UNOS - United Network for Organ Sharing