ISO and health
Find out more about how ISO standards help improve the quality of care, reduce health care costs and protect the health and safety of patients all over the world.
ISO Standards for healthcare, wellbeing and safety
From monitoring vital signs to the signage and symbols that help prevent accidents at work or at home, there are more than 1 000 ISO Standards that keep people healthy and safe.
Trusted by manufacturers, practitioners, regulators and patients, ISO Standards go beyond tangible objects like monitors and syringes. Countless health professionals rely on ISO management systems help deliver quality healthcare with total confidence. While ISO symbols work as a universal language that can warn people of potential hazards and help them to stay safe.
Below you can find out more about the most commonly-used standards for health, safety and wellbeing, who develops them, and new projects in the pipeline.
Standards bring reliability, accuracy, and trust
ISO 45001:2018 - Occupational health and safety management systems - A practical guide for small organizations
This handbook, published jointly by ISO and UNIDO, aims to help smaller economic units implement the requirements of ISO 45001:2018.
ISO 13485 - Quality management for medical devices
A free brochure with tips for getting started with ISO 13485, requirements for quality management systems related to medical devices.
Quality management principles
This document introduces the seven quality management principles that ISO 9000, ISO 9001 and other related quality management standards are based on.
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Researchers to look at health benefits of ISO standards
We talk to the team that was recently awarded the ISO Research Grant to find out how their work will establish links between standards and improving healthcare for all.
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Mental health matters
How a new standard for managing psychological health in the workplace is helping to transform the education sector.
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Working safely in a pandemic
New international guidelines just published.
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New handbook helps SMEs create safe and healthy workplaces
Health and safety at work not only save lives, they are essential to effective business performance. ISO 45001 is the first and only International Standard for occupational health and safety (OH&S) management, …The people who develop standards
Covering almost every sector you can think of, from Assistive products to Zinc alloys, ISO has over 200 technical committees. Below we've listed just a handful that we think will be of particular interest to you. If it doesn't have what you're looking for, you can find the complete list of technical committees here.
Related ISO technical committees
- ISO/TC 106Dentistry
- ISO/TC 170Surgical instruments
- ISO/TC 215Health informatics
- ISO/TC 249Traditional Chinese medicine
- ISO/TC 283Occupational health and safety management
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ISO 13485:2016
Medical devicesQuality management systemsRequirements for regulatory purposesISO 2157:2016
DentistryNominal diameters and designation code numbers for rotary instrumentsISO 7153-1:2016
Surgical instrumentsMaterialsPart 1: Metals
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