Links:

• http://www.eletromedicos.com - The original, brazilian portuguese version of this website.
• www.ipt.br - Technological Research Institute - IPT has a division of Medical Electrical Equipment inside the Electrical and Optical Equipment Laboratory; the laboratory is accreditated by INMETRO (Brazil NMI and member of ILAC) for as a test house in the brazilian certification process.
• www.abnt.org.br - Brazilian Association for Standardization is responsable for the publication the the 60601-1 series of standards and all others standards in Brazil.
• www.iec.ch - The International Electrotechnical Commission is an international organization responsable for the standardizatin in the electrical - electronics field. They are responsable for the 60601 series of standards on medical electrical equipment and other standards. Technical Committe 62, Electrical equipment in medical practice, is responsible for the MEE field in IEC.
• www.iso.ch - The International Organization for Standardization isn´t tied to any one field in particular. It is widely known for the ISO 9000 series of standards on quality management systems. MEEs are treated mainly on committes 121 - Anaesthetic and respiratory equipment, 194 - Biological evaluation of medical devices and 210 - Quality management and corresponding general aspects for medical devices
• MECA - Medical Equipment Compliance Associates, LCC - MECA offers a variety of services for medical device companies: Medical Device safety testing to applicable medical standards, information covering Certification and Regulatory requirements and marketing your medical device in the European Union, among other services. What trully shines on their website, however, is the available information, for example the insulation diagrams examples and the downloadable documents. Suffice it to say, the MECA website is one of the inspirations for this website.