Appendix A provides definitions of common manual abbreviations and United States abbreviations.

Common Manual Abbreviations

YYYY: 4 digit year
MM: 2 digit month
DD: 2 digit day
AHOP: Adult, Hematology, Oncology or Pediatric Unit (select only one)
ALLO: Allogeneic
ANC: Absolute Neutrophil Count
AUTO: Autologous
BM: Bone Marrow
BMT-CTN: Blood & Marrow Transplant Clinical Trials Network
CIBMTR: Center for International Blood & Marrow Transplant Research
CIC: Center Identification Code
CMV: Cytomegalovirus
CPI: Continuous Process Improvement
CR: Complete Remission
CRF: Comprehensive Report Form =

2000 Baseline
2004 IDM
2005 HLA
2006 INF
20xx Disease (pre-HSCT)
2100 Day-100
2200 Six month- two year
2300 Greater than two year
21xx Disease Follow-Up (Post-HSCT)
2046 FNG
2047, 2147 HEP
2048,2148 HIV
2900 Death

CTA: Consecutive Transplant Audit
CTN: Blood & Marrow Transplant – Clinical Trials Network
CVDR: Center Volumes Data Report – A summary of five years of transplant volumes provided to the Health Resources and Services Administration
d-0: Day zero, a.k.a. Date of HCT
DCI: Donor Cellular Infusion
DLI: Donor Lymphocyte Infusion
EBMT: European Group for Blood & Marrow Transplantation
EBV: Epstein Barr Virus
FACT: Foundation for the Accreditation of Cellular Therapy
FDR: Forms Due Report
FGF: Fibroblast Growth Factor
FISH: Fluorescent In-situ Hybridization
FN3: FormsNet3
FU: Follow-up
GVHD: Graft versus Host Disease
HSCT: Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant
HCT: Hematopoietic Cell Transplant
KGF: Keratinocyte Growth Factor
NMDP: National Marrow Donor Program
NOS: Not Otherwise Specified
NST: Non-Myeloablative Stem Cell Transplant
PBSC: Peripheral Blood Stem Cells
PCL: Plasma Cell Leukemia
PHI: Protected Health Information
Product Form: This was a transitional term used to temporarily describe the form pieces that came out of the ‘95/’02 CIBMTR Graft insert. The three Forms are IDM, HLA & INF. The term “Product Form” may have appeared in communication from Summer 2007; it is being retired.
ProMISe: Electronic data collection system for EBMT
PTLD: Posttransplant lymphoproliferative disorder
RBC: Red Blood Cell
RCI-BMT: Resource for Clinical Investigations in Blood & Marrow Transplant
RIC: Reduced Intensity Conditioning
SCTOD: Stem Cell Therapeutic Outcomes Database
TBI, TLI, TNI: Total (Body, Lymphoid, Nodal) Irradiation
TCSA: Transplant Center Specific Analysis – A one-year survival model based on first allogeneic transplants reported to CIBMTR. This data is used to populate the following:

  • HRSA – Donations and Transplantation Statistics
  • Be The Match – Choose a transplant center

U: Unclassifiable
UCB: Umbilical Cord Blood
UIA Form: Unique ID Assignment Form
Unit: Adult, Hematology, Oncology, Pediatric (AHOP) Note: select only one.
VOD: Veno-occlusive disease

United States Abbreviations

State or Territory Name Abbreviation
ALABAMA AL
ALASKA AK
AMERICAN SAMOA1 AS
ARIZONA AZ
ARKANSAS AR
CALIFORNIA CA
COLORADO CO
CONNECTICUT CT
DELAWARE DE
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DC
FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA1 FM
FLORIDA FL
GEORGIA GA
GUAM1 GU
HAWAII HI
IDAHO ID
ILLINOIS IL
INDIANA IN
IOWA IA
KANSAS KS
KENTUCKY KY
LOUISIANA LA
MAINE ME
MARSHALL ISLANDS1 MH
MARYLAND MD
MASSACHUSETTS MA
MICHIGAN MI
MINNESOTA MN
MISSISSIPPI MS
MISSOURI MO
MONTANA MT
NEBRASKA NE
NEVADA NV
NEW HAMPSHIRE NH
NEW JERSEY NJ
NEW MEXICO NM
NEW YORK NY
NORTH CAROLINA NC
NORTH DAKOTA ND
NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS1 MP
OHIO OH
OKLAHOMA OK
OREGON OR
PALAU1 PW
PENNSYLVANIA PA
PUERTO RICO PR
RHODE ISLAND RI
SOUTH CAROLINA SC
SOUTH DAKOTA SD
TENNESSEE TN
TEXAS TX
UTAH UT
VERMONT VT
VIRGIN ISLANDS US1 VI
VIRGINIA VA
WASHINGTON WA
WEST VIRGINIA WV
WISCONSIN WI
WYOMING WY

1 The CIBMTR requests that the full name of U.S. Territories is used whenever possible.

Manual Updates:
Sections of the Forms Instruction Manual are frequently updated. The most recent updates to the manual can be found below. For additional information, select the manual section and review the updated text.

If you need to reference the historical Manual Change History for any of the appendices, please reference the retired appendix on the Retired Forms Manuals webpage.

Date Manual Section Add/Remove/Modify Description
4/6/2020 Appendix A: Abbreviations and Definitions Add Added definitions for CPI, CTA, CVDR, and TCSA.
6/30/17 Appendix A: Abbreviations and Definitions Add Added all information pertaining to US Abbreviations. This information was taken from the retired Appendix Q: United States Abbreviations
Last modified: Apr 06, 2020

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