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CA
Cellulose Acetate

CAA
Clean Air Act

CAB
Cellulose Acetate Butyrate

CABO
Council of American Building Officials

CAMU
Corrective Action Management Unit

CANDA
Computer Assisted New Drug Application

CAP
Cellulose Acetate Propionate

CARB
Center for Advanced Research in Biotechnology

CBER
Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research

CCAR
Closed Cycle Air Refrigeration

CCCT
Critical Crevice Corrosion Temperature

CCL
Commodity Control List

CDA
Copper Development Association

CDC
Centers for Disease Control

CDER
Center for Drug Evaluation and Research

CDI
Continuous Deionization

CDRH
Center for Devices and Radiological Health

CE
Corps of Engineers

CEFIC
European Council of Chemical Industries Federation

CEN
Comité Européan des Normes (European Committee for Standardization)

CERCLA
Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation, and Liability Act

CF
Cresol-Formaldehyde

CFC
Chlorofluorocarbon

CFR
Code of Federal Regulations

CFU
Colony Forming Unit

CGA
Compressed Gas Association

CGAP
Cancer Genome Anatomy Project

CGLP
Current Good Laboratory Practice

CGMP
Current Good Manufacturing Practice

CHO
Chinese Hamster Ovary

CIA
Chemical Industries Association (UK)

CIMS
Computer Integrated Manufacturing System

CIP
Clean-in-Place

CISC
Complex Instruction Set Computer

CISPI
Cast Iron Soil Pipe Institute

CLEC
Cross-Linked Enzyme Crystals

CLL
Constant Level Loading (Lyophilizer)

CLND
Chemiluminescent Nitrogen Detection

CMC
Carboxymethyl Cellulose

CMC
Chemistry, Manufacturing, and Controls

CMMS
Computerized Maintenance Management System

CMO
Contract Manufacturing Organization

CMU
Cementitious Masonry Unit

CN
Cellulose Nitrate

CO
Certificate of Occupancy

CO
Change Order

COD
Chemical Oxygen Demand

COP
Clean Out of Place

COSHH
Control of Substances Hazardous to Health

CP
Cellulose Propionate

CP
Cyclic Polarization

CPCT
Critical Pitting Corrosion Temperature

CPG
Compliance Policy Guides

CPMP
Committee on Proprietary Medicinal Products

CPSC
Consumer Product Safety Commission

CPU
Central Processing Unit

CPVC
Chlorinated Polyvinyl Chloride

CR
Chloroprene Rubber (Neoprene®)

CRO
Clinical Research Organization

CRO
Contract Research Organization

CRSI
Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute

CS
Casein

CSA
Canadian Standards Association

CSCC
Chloride Stress Corrosion Cracking

CSI
Construction Specifications Institute

CSM
Chlorine Sulphonyl Polyethylene (Hypalon®)

CSO
Contract Service Organization

CSRS
Cooperative State Research Service (USDA)

CSVC
Computer System Validation Committee (PhRMA)

CTI
Ceramic Tile Institute

CVMP
Committee on Veterinary Medicinal Products

CVTR
Constant Volume Terminal Reheat (HVAC)

CWA
Clean Water Act



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