Southwest Research Institute (SwRI)
A nonprofit organization and is independent from all corporations, government agencies, and academic institutions, SwRI conducts performance and other testing strategies. For more specifics, check this out as well.

American Society For Testing and Materials (ASTM)
According to their mission statement, ASTM develops and provides voluntary consensus standards, related technical information, and services having internationally recognized quality and applicability.

European Organization for Conformity Assessment
The European Organisation for Conformity Assessment, an independent, nonprofit European body, was established in April 1990 by the European Commission, the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), and the European Standards Bodies.

European Co-operation for Accreditation
The branches of European national accreditation bodies have recently have joined to form European Accreditation (EA), which now covers all European conformity assessment activities, including testing, inspection, and certification.

International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation
Laboratory Accreditation provides a means of determining the competence of laboratories to perform specific types of testing, measurement and calibration. ILAC is an international cooperation between the various laboratory accreditation schemes operated throughout the world.

Center for Devices and Radiological Health
FDA's Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) is responsible for ensuring the safety and effectiveness of medical devices and eliminating unnecessary human exposure to man-made radiation from medical, occupational and consumer products.

CDRH Medical Device Electromagnetic Compatibility Program
Due to increased concern over electromagnetic interference (EMI) between electronic and medical devices, FDA set up this program to examine the problem and provide solutions.

Quality System Inspection Technique (QSIT)
FDA CDRH's QSIT inspections seek to provide a comprehensive evaluation of a manufacturer's quality systems by focusing on four subsystems: management controls, design controls, corrective and preventive actions (CAPA), and production and process controls (PAPC). More in-depth documentation is also available in PDF format.

International Accreditation Forum Inc.
The International Accreditation Forum, Inc. (IAF) is the world association of Conformity Assessment Accreditation Bodies and other bodies interested in conformity assessment in the fields of management systems, products, services, personnel and other similar programmes of conformity assessment.