Standards for Medical Devices


Singapore Standards (SS) are nationally recognised documents established by consensus and the development of these standards is facilitated by Enterprise Singapore.

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Recognised standards for medical devices:

Specialty Standard Development Organization Standard Number and edition SS Adoption Title of SS Standard 
 Biocompatibility  ISO 10993-1:2018  IDT SS ISO 10993-1:2018 Biological evaluation of medical devices -- Part 1: Evaluation and testing within a risk management process
 Biocompatibility  ISO 10993-3:2014  IDT SS ISO 10993-3:2017 Biological evaluation of medical devices -- Part 3: Tests for genotoxicity, carcinogenicity and reproductive toxicity
 Biocompatibility  ISO 10993-4:2017  IDT SS ISO 10993-4:2017 Biological evaluation of medical devices -- Part 4: Selection of tests for interactions with blood
 Biocompatibility  ISO 10993-5:2009  IDT SS ISO 10993-5:2017 Biological evaluation of medical devices -- Part 5: Tests for in vitro cytotoxicity
 Biocompatibility  ISO 10993-6:2016  IDT SS ISO 10993-6:2017 Biological evaluation of medical devices -- Part 6: Tests for local effects after implantation
 Biocompatibility  ISO 10993-10:2010
  IDT SS ISO 10993-10:2017 Biological evaluation of medical devices -- Part 10: Tests for irritation and skin sensitization
 Biocompatibility  ISO 10993-11:2017
  IDT SS ISO 10993-11:2017 Biological evaluation of medical devices -- Part 11: Tests for systemic toxicity 
 Biocompatibility  ISO 10993-12:2021  IDT SS ISO 10993-12:2021 Biological evaluation of medical devices -- Part 12: Sample preparation and reference materials
 Clinical  ISO 14155:2020  IDT SS ISO 14155:2020 Clinical investigation of medical devices for human subjects – Good clinical practice
Electrical Safety IEC 60601-1:2018
 IDT
 SS IEC 60601-1:2018 Medical electrical equipment – Part 1: General requirements for basic safety and essential performance
Electrical Safety
 IEC
 60601-1-2:2014+AMD1:2020
 IDT
 SS IEC 60601-1-2 (+A1):2018 Medical electrical equipment - Part 1-2: General requirements for basic safety and essential performance - Collateral Standard: Electromagnetic disturbances - Requirements and tests
Electrical Safety
 IEC
 60601-1-3: 2008+A1:2013
 IDT
 SS IEC 60601-1-3:2018 Medical electrical equipment - Part 1-3: General requirements for basic safety and essential performance - Collateral Standard: Radiation protection in diagnostic X-ray equipment
Electrical Safety
 IEC
 60601-1-6 2010+AMD2:2020
 IDT
 SS IEC 60601-1-6 (+A1):2018 Medical electrical equipment - Part 1-6: General requirements for basic safety and essential performance - Collateral standard: Usability
Electrical Safety
 IEC
 60601-1-8:2006+AMD2:2020
 IDT
 SS IEC 60601-1-8:2018 + A1:2020 Medical electrical equipment - Part 1-8: General requirements for basic safety and essential performance - Collateral Standard: General requirements, tests and guidance for alarm systems in medical electrical equipment and medical electrical systems
Electrical Safety
 IEC
 60601-1-9:2007+AMD2:2020 IDT SS IEC 60601-1-9 (+A1):2018 Medical electrical equipment - Part 1-9: General requirements for basic safety and essential performance - Collateral Standard: Requirements for environmentally conscious design
Electrical Safety IEC
 60601-1-10:2007+AMD2:2020
 IDT
 SS IEC 60601-1-10 (+A1):2018 Medical electrical equipment - Part 1-10: General requirements for basic safety and essential performance - Collateral Standard: Requirements for the development of physiologic closed-loop controllers
Electrical Safety IEC
 60601-1-11:2015+AMD1:2020
 IDT
 SS IEC 60601-1-11 (+A1):2018 Medical electrical equipment - Part 1-11: General requirements for basic safety and essential performance - Collateral Standard: Requirements for medical electrical equipment and medical electrical systems used in the home healthcare environment
Electrical Safety
 IEC
 60601-1-12:2014+AMD1:2020
 IDT
 SS IEC 60601-1-12 (+A1):2018  Medical electrical equipment - Part 1-12: General requirements for basic safety and essential performance - Collateral Standard: Requirements for medical electrical equipment and medical electrical systems intended for use in the emergency medical service
Electrical Safety
 IEC
 60601-2-16:2018
 IDT
 SS IEC 60601-2-16:2018 Medical electrical equipment - Part 2-16: Particular requirements for basic safety and essential performance of haemodialysis, haemodiafiltration and haemofiltration equipment
Electrical Safety
 IEC
 60601-2-39:2018
 IDT
 SS IEC 60601–2-39:2018 Medical electrical equipment - Part 2-39: Particular requirements for basic safety and essential performance of peritoneal dialysis equipment
Electrical Safety
 IEC
 62366-1:2015
 IDT
 SS IEC 62366-1 (+A1):2018 Medical devices - Part 1 : Application of usability engineering to medical devices
In-Vitro Diagnostics ISO 15189:2022
 IDT
 SS ISO 15189:2023 Medical laboratories — Requirements for quality and competence
In-Vitro Diagnostics  -  -  - SS 656:2020 Design, development and validation of miRNA-based diagnostics
Labelling
 ISO 15223-1:2021 IDT
 SS ISO 15223-1:2021 Medical devices -- Symbols to be used with medical device labels, labelling and information to be supplied -- Part 1: General requirements
Labelling
 ISO 15223-2:2010
 IDT
 SS ISO 15223-2:2018 Medical devices -- Symbols to be used with medical device labels, labelling, and information to be supplied -- Part 2: Symbol development, selection and validation
Packaging ASTM F1980 –16:2016
 IDT
 SS 647:2019 Standard Guide for Accelerated Aging of Sterile Barrier Systems for Medical Devices
Packaging ISO
 11607-1:2019
 IDT
 SS ISO 11607-1:2019 Packaging for terminally sterilised medical devices — Part 1: Requirements for materials, sterile barrier systems and packaging systems
Packaging ISO
 11607-2:2019
 IDT
 SS ISO 11607-2:2019 Packaging for terminally sterilised medical devices — Part 2: Validation requirements for forming, sealing and assembly processes
Quality Management System
 ISO
 13485:2016
 IDT
 SS ISO 13485:2016 (2021) Medical devices - Quality management systems - Requirements for regulatory purposes
Quality Management System
  -  -  - SS 620:2016 (2021) Good distribution practice for medical devices - Requirements
Respiratory protective devices
 EN
 149:2001+A1:2009
 IDT
 SS 669-1: 2020 Medical face masks - Part 1: Filtering half masks to protect against particles - Requirements, testing, marking
Respiratory protective devices
 EN
 14683:2019+AC:2019:
 IDT
 SS 669-2:2020 Medical face masks - Part 2: Requirements and test methods
Respiratory protective devices
 ASTM F2100-21: 2021
 IDT
 SS 669-3: 2021 Medical face masks - Part 2: Standard specificatin for performance of materials used in medical face masks
Respiratory protective devices
 ASTM
 F2101-19:2019
 IDT
 SS 669-4: 2020 Medical face masks - Part 4: Standard test method for evaluating the bacterial filteration efficiency (BFE) of medical face mask materials, using a bioloigcal aerosol of Staphylococcus aureus
Respiratory protective devices
 ASTM
 F2299/F2299M-03(2017)
 IDT
 SS 669-5:2020 Medical face masks - Part 5: Standard test method for determining the initial efficiency of materials used in medical face masks to penetration by particulates using latex spheres
Risk Management
 ISO
 14971:2019
 IDT
 SS ISO 14971:2020 Medical devices – Application of risk management to medical devices
Sterilization
 ISO
 11137-1:2006
 IDT
 SS ISO 11137-1:2018 Sterilisation of health care products -- Radiation -- Part 1: Requirements for development, validation and routine control of a sterilization process for medical devices
Sterilization
 ISO
 11137-2:2013
 IDT
 SS ISO 11137-2:2019 Sterilisation of health care products — Radiation — Part 2: Establishing the sterilisation dose
Sterilization
 ISO
 11737-1:2018 IDT
 SS ISO 11737-1:2018+A1:2021 Sterilisation of health care products -- Microbiological methods -- Part 1: Determination of a population of microorganisms on products
Sterilization
 ISO
 11137-3:2017 IDT
 SS ISO 11137-3:2018 Sterilisation of health care products -- Radiation -- Part 3: Guidance on dosimetric aspects of development, validation and routine control
Sterilization
 ISO
 20857:2010
 IDT
 SS ISO 20857:2018 Sterilisation of health care products — Dry heat — Requirements for the development, validation and routine control of a sterilisation process for medical devices
Sterilization
 ISO
 11139:2018
 IDT
 SS ISO 11139:2018 Sterilisation of health care products — Vocabulary of terms used in sterilisation and related equipment and process standards
Sterilization
 ISO
 17665-1:2006
 IDT
 SS ISO 17665-1:2018 Sterilisation of health care products — Moist heat — Part 1: Requirements for the development, validation and routine control of a sterilisation process for medical devices
Sterilization
 ISO
 11138-7:2019
 IDT
 SS ISO 11138-7:2019 Sterilisation of health care products — Biological indicators — Part 7: Guidance for the selection, use and interpretation of results
Sterilization
 ISO
 11135:2014+A1:2018
 IDT
 SS ISO 11135:2019 Sterilisation of health-care products — Ethylene oxide — Requirements for the development, validation and routine control of a sterilisation process for medical devices
Thermal imagers
  -  -  - SS 582-1:2020 Specification for thermal imagers for human temperature screening - – Part 1: Requirements and test methods
Thermal imagers
  -  -  - SS 582-2: 2020 Specification for thermal imagers for human temperature screening - Part 2: Implementation guidelines

IDT – Identical

Last updated: 5 September 2023

Manufacturers may use the above recognised standards to demonstrate conformity to the Essential Principles of Safety and Performance of Medical Devices, where applicable.