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