ABAS Committee on Biological Agents at the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs

ADR Accord européen relatif au transport international des marchandises Dangereuses par Route (European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road)

AFT Analytical Task Force

BBK Federal Office for Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance (https://www.bbk.bund.de/EN/Home/home_node.html)

BMG Federal Ministry of Health (https://www.bundesgesundheitsministerium.de/en/en.html)

BMI Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Community (https://www.bmi.bund.de/EN/home/home_node.html) 

BMU Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (https://www.bmu.de/en/)

CBRN chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear

FFP Filtering Face Piece

HCID High Consequence Infectious Diseases  

GGVSEB Ordinance on the transport of dangerous goods by road, rail and inland waterways

IfSG Protection against Infection Act

IGV International Health Regulations

MCI Mass-Casualty Incident

PEP Post-Exposure Prophylaxis

RKI Robert Koch Institute (https://www.rki.de/EN/Home/homepage_node.html)

SARS Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome

STAKOB Competence and Treatment Centres for high consequence infectious diseases

TRBA Technical Rules for Biological Agents

VHF Viral Haemorrhagic Fever

PPE Personal Protective Equipment