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Sortable table Abbreviation Meaning B x: biopsy: Ba: barium: BAC: blood alcohol content: BAD: Bipolar affective disorder: BADLs: Basic ADLs basic activities of daily living
The Defense Health Agency (DHA) is a joint, integrated combat support agency that enables the U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, and U.S. Air Force medical services to provide a medically ready force and ready medical force to Combatant Commands in both peacetime and wartime.
Abbreviation Meaning s̅: without (s with an overbar) (from Latin sine) : S: sacrum: S x: symptoms surgery (though deemed by some as inappropriate) : S 1: first heart sound: S 2: second heart sound
The NDMS, including DMATs, was initially under the U.S. Public Health Service within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). After the September 11 attacks, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) took over the convening authority over NDMS, placing it under the direction of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). However ...
The surgeon general is the overall head of the commissioned corps, a 6,500-member cadre of uniformed health professionals who are on call 24 hours a day and can be dispatched by the secretary of HHS or by the assistant secretary for health in the event of a public health emergency.
Professionals in certain positions where they are responsible for the safety of others may need to take a 10-panel drug test. It tests for the misuse of prescription and illegal drugs.
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID, / ˈ n aɪ. æ d /) is one of the 27 institutes and centers that make up the National Institutes of Health (NIH), an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
The Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) is a United States program for vaccine safety, co-managed by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). [1]