About
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Secretariat: DIN
Committee Manager: -
Chairperson (until end 2023):Mr Charles Pascall
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ISO Technical Programme Manager [TPM]:ISO Editorial Programme Manager [EPM]:
- Creation date: 1947
Scope
Standardization of devices and apparatus for laboratory purposes, with respect to principles and to materials of construction, performance, dimensions and testing, as well as the terms and definitions used in connection therewith. The relative emphasis to be placed on standards of performance and on dimensional standards is to be decided by the committee, either generally or separately for each item.
Apparatus and devices constructed for personal safety aspects are excluded from the scope of TC 48.
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This committee contributes with 4 standards to the following Sustainable Development Goals:
| Reference | Title | Type |
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| ISO/TC 48/SC 3 | Thermometers | Sub committee |
| ISO/TC 48/SC 4 | Density measuring instruments | Sub committee |
| ISO/TC 48/TF | Revision of Scope and Structure of ISO/TC 48 | Working group |
| ISO/TC 48/WG 3 | Microfluidic Devices | Working group |
| ISO/TC 48/WG 4 | Liquid Handling Devices – Manual and Semi-Automatic | Working group |
| ISO/TC 48/WG 5 | Liquid Handling Devices- Automatic | Working group |
| ISO/TC 48/WG 6 | Non-volumetric glass and plastic ware | Working group |
| ISO/TC 48/WG 7 | Volumetric apparatus made of glass and plastic | Working group |
Liaison Committees to ISO/TC 48
The committees below can access the documents of ISO/TC 48:
| Reference | Title | ISO/IEC |
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| ISO/TC 10/SC 6 | Mechanical engineering documentation | ISO |
| ISO/TC 28/SC 2 | Measurement of petroleum and related products | ISO |
| ISO/TC 47 | Chemistry | ISO |
| ISO/TC 63 | Glass containers | ISO |
| ISO/TC 212 | Clinical laboratory testing and in vitro diagnostic test systems | ISO |
| ISO/TC 276 | Biotechnology | ISO |
Liaison Committees from ISO/TC 48
ISO/TC 48 can access the documents of the committees below:
| Reference | Title | ISO/IEC |
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| ISO/TC 10/SC 6 | Mechanical engineering documentation | ISO |
| ISO/TC 27 | Coal and coke | ISO |
| ISO/TC 28/SC 2 | Measurement of petroleum and related products | ISO |
| ISO/TC 47 | Chemistry | ISO |
| ISO/TC 69 | Applications of statistical methods | ISO |
| ISO/TC 76 | Transfusion, infusion and injection, and blood processing equipment for medical and pharmaceutical use | ISO |
| ISO/TC 84 | Devices for administration of medicinal products and catheters | ISO |
| ISO/TC 212 | Clinical laboratory testing and in vitro diagnostic test systems | ISO |
| ISO/TC 229 | Nanotechnologies | ISO |
| ISO/TC 276 | Biotechnology | ISO |
| ISO/TC 336 | Laboratory design | ISO |
| Date | Month | Location | TC/SC | Note |
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| 11 | October 2021 | Virtual | ISO/TC 48/SC 4 | |
| 14 | October 2021 | Virtual | ISO/TC 48/SC 3 | |
| 14-15 | October 2021 | Virtual | ISO/TC 48 |
* Information definite but meeting not yet formally convened
** Provisional