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Doctors preparing a patient for MRI scan in hospital.

By Clare Naden on 14 July 2020

Improving the safety of medical devices

Reducing and managing risks related to medical devices is the objective of a key industry standard, ISO 14971. Detailed guidance to optimize its use has just been updated.

By Barnaby Lewis on 10 July 2020

Chinese nursing homes set new standards

The ISO member for China, SAC, has set its sights on the country’s growing elderly population with new national standards to improve quality of care homes.

Mother carrying a baby girl in an infant carrier examines tubs of baby formula in a supermarket.

By Clare Naden on 9 July 2020

Testing the nutrients of infant formula: new standard in the ISO series

Nutritional labelling of infant formulas is, unsurprisingly, a heavily regulated area, meaning tight rules around the nutrients they contain. ISO has an industry-recognized series of International Standards for the determination of such nutrients, the latest of which has just been published.