Review of CBRN Medical and Operational Terminologies in NATO CBRN Publications

Abstract : The U.S. Army Office of The Surgeon General (OTSG) asked IDA to review and compare the terminology used in the NATO publications related tomedical CBRN defense and operational CBRN defense for consistency. The use of the correct terminologies in NATO CBRN defense publications isdeemed highly important because of the need to have clear and unambiguous communication among the NATO members and partner nations. The IDAteam identified and reviewed twelve NATO CBRN publications and collected the terminologies within the publications to develop two different lexicons,one for terms and definitions and a second one for abbreviations. The use of certain terms and abbreviations were also analyzed and summarized alongwith recommendations when the terminologies do not align.