please give me the acronym definitions of the following:
FDA, ASME, TUV, UL, MDD, CE.....because we are searching for specifications and descriptions of sterilizers that is aprroved the acronyms mentioned above. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
additonal acronyms...EEC.....ISO...

Hello!

• FDA = Food and Drug Administration (www.fda.gov)
• ASME = American Society of Mechanical Engineers (www.asme.org)
• TUV = Technischer Überwachungsverein (www.tuv.com; www.tuvglobal.com; www.tuev-sued.de; www.tuev-nord.de; ... there is more than one TÜV!)
• UL = Underwriters Laboratories Inc (www.ul.com)
• MDD = Medical Device Directive 93/42/EEC (http://europa.eu.int/abc/index_en.htm)
• CE = Committee European (www.cenorm.be)
• EEC = European Economic Community (today just EC, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EEC)
• ISO = International Standards Organisation

Btw: www.google.com and www.wikipedia.org are pretty useful for searches like that.

Kind regards
K. Hahnen