Standards for Medical Devices
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Last updated 10 June 2026
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Table of 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 specification 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 filtration efficiency (BFE) of medical face mask materials, using a biological 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
Manufacturers may use the above recognised standards to demonstrate conformity to the Essential Principles of Safety and Performance of Medical Devices, where applicable.