Abbreviation

Meaning

Abbott test

SARS-CoV-2 IgG II Quantitative Assay (RBD of Spike Protein specific)

AU/ml

arbitrary units/ml

BAU/ml

Binding Antibodies Units/ml

BSL2/BSL3

Laboratory Biosafety Level 2/3

Cycle

timeframe for collection of LSN samples, generally 6 week period

ECDC

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control

ELISA

Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay

ESCAIDE

European Scientific Conference on Applied Infectious Disease Epidemiology

FACS

Functional Antibodies Correlational Study

HIQA

Health Information and Quality Authority

IBTS

Irish Blood Transfusion Service

IFMS

Single National Integrated Finance Management and Procurement System for the entire health sector

IgG/IgM

Immunoglobulin (Antibodies)

LIAISON

Measles IgG Assay

LSN

Laboratory Surveillance Network

UHG

University Hospital Galway

CUH

Cork University Hospital

UHL

University Hospital Limerick

TUH

Tallaght University Hospital

BEAU

Beaumont Hospital

LETT

Letterkenny

SVUH

St. Vincent’s University Hospital

CHI

Children’s Health Ireland

TSCUH

Temple Street Children’s Hospital

OLHS

Crumlin Children’s Hospital NVRL lab code

NHCTP

National Hepatitis C Treatment Programme

NIAC

National Immunisation Advisory Committee

NIO

National Immunisation Office

NSP

National Serosurveillance Programme

NVRL

National Virus Reference Laboratory

PPI 

Patient and Public Involvement

RCPI

Royal College of Physicians

Roche test

Roches Elecsys Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Assay (Nucleocapsid Protein specific)

SEU

Sero Epidemiology Unit

SEU-DB

SEU SQL DB (Structured query language) Database

SQL

(structured query language)

Ste Cte

Steering Committee Meeting

WHO

World Health Organisation