The SACGM Compendium of guidance

1 Heading/titleHealth and Safety Executive The SACGM Compendium of guidance List of abbreviations ACDP Advisory Committee on Dangerous Pathogens HPV Human Papilloma Virus Ad Adenovirus HSE Health and Safety Executive AAV Adeno associated virus HSV Herpes Simplex Virus SACGM Scientific Advisory Committee on Genetic HSW Health and Safety at Work Act Modification HTLV Human T Cell Lymphotropic Virus AcNPV Autographa californica Nuclear Polyhedrosis IAPO Imported Animal Pathogens Order Virus KI Potassium iodide ACOP Approved Code of Practice LPS Lipopolysaccharide ACRE Advisory Committee on Releases to the LTR Long Terminal Repeat Environment WEL Workplace Exposure Limit AIDS Acquired immune deficiency syndrome MHRA Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory ALV Avian Leukaemia Virus Authority ALVAC Attenuated derivatives of canarypox virus MHSWR Management of Health and Safety at Work BLV Bovine Leukaemia Virus Regulations 1999 BS British Standard MMLV Murine Moloney Leukaemia Virus BSO Biological Safety Officer MSC Microbiological Safety Cabinet CEFs Chick Embryo Fibroblasts MuLV Murine Leukaemia Virus CHO Chinese Hamster Ovary (cells)

2 MVA Modified Vaccinia Ankara CJD Creutzfeldt Jacob Disease NaDCC sodium dichloroisocyanurate CMV Cauliflower Mosaic Virus NYVAC New York Vaccinia derived from COSHH Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Copenhagen strain Regulations 2002 OPFT Operator Protection Factor Test CTA Clinical Trials Authorisation Certificate ORFs Open Reading Frames CTX Clinical Trials Exemption Certificate PCR Polymerase Chain Reaction Defra Department of the Environment, Food and PEBV Pea Early Browning Virus Rural Affairs PVX Potato Virus X DH Department of Health PVY Potato Virus Y DNA Deoxyribonucleic Acid RCV Replication Competent Virus EGF Epidermal Growth Factor RIDDOR Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous EMEA European Medicines Advisory Agency Occurrences Regulations 1995 EPA Environmental Protection Act RNA Ribonucleic Acid FCS Forestry Commission Secretariat SAPO Specified Animal Pathogens Order FeLV Feline Leukaemia Virus SEAC Spongiform Encephalopathy Advisory FMDV Foot and Mouth Disease Virus Committee FPV Fowlpox Virus SEERAD Scottish Executive Environment and Rural GM Genetically Modified Affairs Department GMM Genetically Modified Microorganism SFV Semliki Forest Virus GMO Genetically Modified Organism SIN Self Inactivating (of retroviral vectors) GMO(CU) Genetically Modified Organisms (Contained TK Thymidine Kinase Use) Regulations 2000 TMV Tobacco Mosaic Virus GMO(DR) Genetically Modified Organisms (Deliberate TROVAC Attenuated derivatives of FPV Release)

3 Regulations 2002 TRV Tobacco Rattle Virus GMP Good Microbiological Practice TSE Transmissible spongiform encephalopathy GMSC Genetic Modification Safety Committee VV Vaccinia virus GOSH Good Occupational Safety and Hygiene WPRE Woodchuck hepatitis virus post translational HA Haemagglutinin regulatory element HCMV Human Cytomegalovirus WT Wild Type HEPA High Efficiency Particulate Air (Filter) HIV Human Immunodeficiency Virus