title: FDA's focus on consensus standards: the vision, the heartbreak, the hope.
authors.affiliation: Office of Science and Technology, Center for Devices and Radiological Health, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, USA.
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Altman
authors.forename: D E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Marlowe
mesh_terms: D001290:Attitude; D004869:Equipment Safety / Q000592:standards; D004864:Equipment and Supplies / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D014481:United States; D014486:United States Food and Drug Administration