New ISO Standard for Safer Symbols

A new ISO standard proposes a methodology for the development and presentation of symbols related to medical devices which can be understood by a gloabl community. ISO 15223-2:2010, "Medical devices – Symbols to be used with medical device labels, labelling, and information to be supplied – Part 2: Symbol development, selection and validation," includes methods for validating those candidate symbols being proposed for inclusion in, ISO 15223-1, "Medical devices – Symbols to be used with medical device labels, labelling and information to be supplied – Part 1: General requirements."

ISO 15223-2:2010, "Medical devices – Symbols to be used with medical device labels, labelling, and information to be supplied – Part 2: Symbol development, selection and validation," was prepared by ISO technical committee ISO/TC 210, "Quality management and corresponding general aspects for medical devices," working group WG 3, "Symbols and nomenclature for medical devices." It is available from ISO national member institutes (see the complete list with contact details).