| ACC |
New Zealand Accident
Compensation |
| ACM |
Australian College of Midwives |
| ACSQHC |
Australian Commission on Safety
and Quality in Health Care |
| AIHW |
Australian Institute of Health
and Welfare |
| APMSG |
Australian Pelvic Mesh Support
Group |
| ARTG |
Australian Register of
Therapeutic Goods |
| AUA |
American Urological Association |
| CFA |
Continence Foundation of
Australia |
| COAG |
Council of Australian
Governments |
| Code |
Code of Practice |
| Department |
Department of Health |
| GP |
General Practitioner |
| HCC |
Health Consumers Councils
across Australia |
| HIC |
Health Issues Centre |
| ICD |
International Classification of
Diseases |
| IRIS |
Incident Reporting and
Investigation Scheme |
| ISP |
International Society for
Pelviperineology |
| KEMH |
King Edward Memorial Hospital |
| MBS |
Medicare Benefit Schedule |
| MMDR Review |
Review of Medicines and Medical
Devices Regulation |
| MTAA |
Medical Technology Association
of Australia |
| MUS |
mid-urethral sling |
| NASOG |
National Association of
Specialist Obstetricians and Gynaecologists |
| NHS England |
National Health Service England |
| NSW Health |
NSW Ministry of Health |
| Patient implant card |
Patient cards for implantable
medical devices |
| PHAA |
Public Health Association of
Australia |
| POP |
pelvic organ prolapse |
| PROSPECT |
PROlapse Surgery: Pragmatic
Evaluation and randomised Controlled Trials |
| RACGP |
Royal Australian College of
General Practitioners |
| RACS |
Royal Australasian College of
Surgeons |
| RANZCOG |
Royal Australian and New
Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists |
| RCT |
randomised controlled trials |
| Regulations |
Therapeutic Goods (Medical
Devices) Amendment (Implantable Medical Devices) Regulations 2017 |
| SUI |
stress urinary incontinence |
| TGA |
Therapeutic Goods
Administration |
| TVT |
tension-free
vaginal tape |
| TVT-O |
tension-free vaginal
tape-obturator |
| USANZ |
Urological Society of Australia
and New Zealand |
| US-FDA |
United States Food and Drug
Administration |
| WHRIA |
Women's Health and Research
Institute of Australia |