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Standards & Regulations News - 2009
July 9, 2009
Continua Health Alliance Chooses Bluetooth as Health Device Standard
Continua Health Alliance, a coalition of health care and technology companies charged with establishing a system of interoperable personal telehealth ... more
June 25, 2009
ISO 10393 to Address Consumer Product Recalls
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is developing a standard that is designed to provide a code of practice for establishing, ... more
June 20, 2009
ABNT, BSI Propose Sustainable Event Management Standard to ISO
The Associação Brasileira de Normas Técnicas (ABNT) and the British Standards Institution (BSI) submitted a joint proposal to the International ... more
June 13, 2009
EU to Set New Safety Standards for Child Care Products
Member states across the European Union (EU) will vote to give a green light to two new child safety standards at the General Product Safety ... more
June 13, 2009
ASTM E2248, ASTM E2298 Detail Charpy Impact Tests
ASTM International Committee E28 on Mechanical Testing approved ASTM E2248 Test Method for Impact Testing of Miniaturized Charpy V-Notch Specimens ... more
June 7, 2009
ISO/TR 13154:2009 Describes Medical Equipment for Fever Screening
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) issued technical report ISO/TR 13154:2009 on the use of medical equipment for fever ... more
June 6, 2009
BSI Publishes SME Guide to Standardization
BSI British Standards published a small and medium enterprises (SME) guide to standardization, which is designed to introduce small businesses ... more
June 4, 2009
BSI Revises Standard for Managing Sustainable Events - BS 8901
BSI British Standards revised BS 8901 - Sustainable Event Management, which is designed to help organizations with the requirements for planning ... more
May 30, 2009
ASTM WK21927 to Help Characterize Hydrogels for Medical Purposes
ASTM International is developing ASTM WK21927, a standard designed to help characterize hydrogels for people working in regenerative medicine. ... more
May 11, 2009
EU, China Call for Closer Economic Cooperation
Representatives of the European Union (EU) and China called for an early and successful conclusion to the Doha Development Round of world trade ... more
May 7, 2009
EU, China Hold Trade Talks
Representatives of the European Union (EU) and the Chinese government held high-level economic and trade talks in Brussels on May 7-8. ... more
April 26, 2009
ASTM Publishes Manual on Just-About-Right Scales
ASTM International published Manual 63, Just-About-Right (JAR) Scales: Design, Usage, Benefits and Risks, which offers information on the use ... more
April 23, 2009
BSI Publishes PAS 97 for Mail Screening, Security
British Standards Institution (BSI) published PAS 97 - A Specification for Mail Screening and Security to help organizations reduce the risk ... more
April 20, 2009
ASTM D7233 to Test Paintbrush Filaments
ASTM International Committee D01 on Paint and Related Coatings, Materials and Applications approved ASTM D7233 - Test Method for Testing Fracture ... more
April 20, 2009
ASTM Revises Puncture Resistant Containers for Medical Needles, 'Sharps'
ASTM International Subcommittee F04.33 on Medical/Surgical Instruments is revising ASTM F2132 - Specification for Puncture Resistance of Materials ... more
April 19, 2009
ASTM to Develop Proposed Bender Element Testing Standard
ASTM International is developing a standard that can aid in predicting soil and foundation response to seismic and man-made disturbances. ... more
April 19, 2009
ISO/IEC 24751 E-Learning Standard Addresses User Needs, Preferences
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) approved ISO/IEC 24751:2008, ... more
April 19, 2009
ASTM D7490 Uses Contact Angle Measurements to Determine Wettability
ASTM International issued ASTM D7490 - Test Method for Measurement of the Surface Tension of Solid Coatings, Substrates and Pigments Using Contact ... more
April 16, 2009
Revised ASME Y14.5 Addresses Geometric Dimensioning, Tolerancing
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) revised ASME Y14.5-2009, the geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T) standard. ... more
April 16, 2009
ASME Releases Handbook for Infrastructure Risk Management
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and the ASME Innovative Technologies Institute (ASME-ITI) released All-Hazards Risk and Resilience ... more
April 13, 2009
ASTM B962, ASTM B963 Address Sintered Powder Metallurgy
ASTM International approved ASTM B962 and ASTM B963, two standards designed to provide user-friendly tests for properties of sintered metallurgy ... more
April 13, 2009
ASTM A1058 Guides Mechanical Tests in Metric Standards
ASTM International approved ASTM A1058, a standard that will serve as a guide for manufacturers and laboratories that make and test steel products ... more
April 12, 2009
Smart Card Alliance: Health Care ID Management Necessary Before Electronic Health Record Interchange
Government policy makers looking at ways to improve the efficiency of information systems in the health care industry should start with the accurate ... more
April 12, 2009
Microsoft, Google Programs for Electronic Health Records Use ASTM E2369
The 2009 version of the Microsoft platform Amalga Unified Intelligence System (UIS) and Google Health incorporate ASTM E2369 - Specification ... more
April 10, 2009
ISO Releases ISO/TS 25237:2008 to Support Health Informatics Privacy
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) released ISO/TS 25237:2008 - Health informatics - Pseudonymization, a technical specification ... more
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