| AAMI | Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation |
| ADROIT | Adverse Drug Reactions On-Line Information Tracking System (MCA Pharmacovigilance database) |
| AFNOR | Association Française de Normalisation |
| AG | General Assembly |
| AIMD | Active Implantable Medical Devices |
| Amd | Amendment |
| AMFT | Avdeling for medisinsk fysikk og teknikk |
| ANSI | American National Standards Institute |
| ASA | Australian Standards Association |
| ASB | Associated Body |
| BIVDA | British In Vitro Diagnostics Association |
| BS | British Standard |
| BSI | British Standards Institution |
| BT | Bureau Technique / Technical Board (CEN) |
| BTS | Bureaux Techniques Sectoriels / Board Technical Sector (CEN) |
| CA | Competent Authority |
| CE | Does not stand for any particular word at all, ref. CEN Newsletter volume 6/5 1997. There is, however, a belief that CE stands for, "Communaute Europeenne". |
| CEC | Commission of the European Communities |
| CED | Clinical Engineering Department |
| CEN | Comité Européen de Normalisation / European Committee for Standardization |
| CEN/TS | CEN technical Specification |
| CEN/TR | CEN technical report |
| CENELEC | Comité Européen de Normalisation Electrotechnique / European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization |
| CHeF | CEN Healtcare Forum (formerly BTS 3) |
| CIOMS | Council for International Organisations of Medical Sciences |
| CLC | CENELEC (in document references) |
| COSTART | Coding Symbols for a Thesaurus of Adverse Reactions Terms |
| CPV | Community Procurement Vocabulary |
| CR | CEN Report NOTE: this form of standard is redundant from December 2000. |
| CS | Central Secretariat (CEN) |
| CSA | Canadian Standards Association |
| CWAs | CEN / Workshop Agreements |
| DIMDI | Deutsches Institut für Medizinische Dokumentation und Information |
| DIN | Deutsches Institut für Normung |
| DKE | Deutsche Elektrotechnische Kommission im DIN und VDE |
| EAN | European Article Numbering (EAN International) |
| EC | European Communities |
| ECRI | Emergency Care Research Institute |
| ECU | European Currency Unit |
| EDI | Electronic Data Interchange |
| EDMA | European Diagnostic Manufacturers Association |
| EEA | European Economic Area |
| EEC | European Economic Community |
| EFTA | European Free Trade Association |
| EMEA | European Medicines Evaluation Agency |
| EN | European Standard |
| ENQ | Enquiry (circulation of a Draft Standard to Member Bodies for voting and comments) |
| ENV | European Prestandard NOTE: this form of standard is redundant from December 2000. |
| ETSI | European Telecommunications Standards Institute |
| EU | European Union |
| EUDAMED | EUropean DAta base for MEDical devices |
| EØF | Det Europeiske Økonomiske Felleskapet (see: EØS) |
| EØS | Det Europeiske Økonomiske Samarbeidsområdet |
| FOKLUS | Fylkesdel av ordningen for kvalitetssikring av laboratorievirksomhet utenfor sykehus |
| HARTS | Hoechst Adverse Reaction Terminology System |
| HD | Harmonization Document NOTE: this form of standard is redundant from December 2000. |
| HIBC | Health Industry Bar Code |
| FDA | U.S. Food and Drug Administration |
| FV | Final Vote |
| GHTF | Global Harmonisation Task Force |
| GMDN | Global Medical Device Nomenclature |
| GMP | Good Manufacturing Practice |
| HUH | Haukeland University Hospital |
| HWG | Horizontal Working Group |
| IAPM | International Association of medical Prosthesis Manufacturers |
| ICS | International Classification for Standards |
| IEC | International Electrotechnical Commission |
| IMMI | Institutt for Immunologi |
| IS | International Standard |
| ISO | International Organization for Standardization |
| ISO/DIS | Draft International Standard |
| ISO/FDIS | Final Draft International Standard |
| ISO/PAS | ISO Public Available Specification |
| ISO/TC | ISO Technical Committee |
| ISO/TR | ISO Technical Report |
| ISO/TS | ISO Technical Specification |
| ITI | (Institutt for Transfusjonsimmunologi) See: IMMI |
| JFMDA | The Japan Federation of Medical Device Associations |
| JTC | ISO/IEC Joint Technical Committee |
| JWG | Joint Working Group |
| KITH | Kompetansesenter for IT i helsevesenet AS |
| KS | Kommunenes Sentralforbund |
| MCA | Medicines Control Agency (United Kingdom) |
| MD | Medical Device |
| MDA | Medical Devices Agency (United Kingdom) |
| MDD | Medical Devices Directive |
| ME | Medical Equipment |
| MEDDRA | Medical Dictionary for Drug Regulatory Affairs |
| MEE | Medical Electrical Equipment |
| MEMS | Medical Equipment Management System |
| MHW | Japanese Ministry of Health and Welfare |
| MRA | Mutual Recognition Agreement |
| NAS | Norsk Allmennstandardisering / Norwegian General Standardizing Body |
| NB | Notified Body |
| NBR | Norges Byggstandardiseringsråd |
| NEK | Norsk Elektroteknisk Komite / Norwegian Electro technical Committee |
| NEMKO | Norges Elektriske Materiellkontroll |
| NHD | Nærings - og Handelsdepartementet |
| NIOM | Nordisk Institutt for Odontologisk Materialprøvning |
| NKKN | Norsk Klassifisering, Koding og Nomenklatur (Norwegian Nomenclature) |
| NLA | Norsk Luftambulanse |
| NLM | National Library of Medicine (USA) |
| NMD | Norsk Medisinaldepot |
| NMS | Nomenclature Management System (NKKN) |
| NNG | Nordic Nomenclature Group |
| NOFI | Norsk Optometrisk Forsknings Institutt |
| NOKLUS | Norsk senter for kvalitetssikring av laboratorievirksomhet utenfor sykehus |
| NOU | Norges Offentlige Utredninger |
| NPM | Nomenclature Project Manual (GMDN) |
| NS | National Standard |
| NS | Norsk Standard / Norwegian Standard |
| NSF | Norges Standardiseringsforbund |
| NTS | Norsk Teknologistandardisering |
| NVE | Norges Vassdrags- og Energiverk (Norwegian Authority for Energy and Water Resources) |
| O/V | EC Order Voucher |
| OEM | Original Equipment Manufacturer |
| O-member | Observing member |
| peENV | draft European Prestandard |
| P-member | Participating member |
| PNE | Présentation des normes européennes |
| PQ | Primary Questionnaire |
| prEN | draft European Standard |
| prHD | draft Harmonization Document |
| PRnnnnn | Proposal for new work item |
| PT | Project Team |
| QA | Quality Assurance |
| QS | Quality System |
| RD | Reference document |
| SC | Subcommittee |
| SG | Secretary General (CEN) |
| SH | Statens helsetilsyn (Norwegian Board of Health) |
| SHD | Det Kgl. Sosial - og Helsedepartement |
| SKUP | Skandinavisk utprøving av laboratorieutstyr for primærhelsetjenesten |
| SINTEF | Stiftelsen for Industriell og Teknisk Forskning |
| SLK | Statens Legemiddel Kontroll |
| SMKK | Samordningsgruppen for Medisinsk Kodeverk og Klassifikasjon |
| SNLA | Stiftelsen Norsk Luftambulanse |
| SNOMED | Systematised Nomenclature of Medicine |
| SPRI | Sjukvårdens och sosialvårdens Planering- och Rationaliseringsintitut (Closed down 01.01.2000) |
| SOP | Standard Operating Procedure |
| TGA | Therapeutic Goods Administration |
| TC | Technical Committee |
| TCMG | Technical Committee Management Group |
| TED | Tender Electronic Daily |
| UMDNS | Universal Medical Device Nomenclature System |
| VA | Vienna Agreement - Agreement on technical cooperation between ISO and CEN |
| WI | Work Item number |
| WD | Working Document |
| WG | ISO/TC Working group and ISO/SC Working group |
| WHO | World Health Organisation |
| WHO-ART | World Health Organisation Adverse Reaction Terminology |