December, 10, 2021 – As pandemics, natural disasters and cybercrime continue to wreak havoc to our lives there is one thing we can be sure of – nothing is certain especially when it comes to business. ISO’s flagship standard for risk management, ISO 31000, is the world’s answer to a global problem and now a new handbook has just been published to help users fully optimize its value.
October, 8, 2021 – The Eurasian economic commission adopted a Technical Regulation “Safety of products for civil defense from natural and man-made disasters”. The document goes under the number 50 in line of Technical Regulations that deal with a vast variety of products and devices. The Technical Regulation (hereinafter referred to as “TR”) will cover technical protective means of civil defense, communication and warning devices, rescue instruments and
In our increasingly connected, mobile world, many people use multiple devices, such as mobile phones tablets and laptops, which have become the new means for reading newspapers and books. To protect the copyright publishers control the amount of opying, pasting and printing of their e-books via so-called Digital rights management (DRM). Depending on the DRM, it’s possible to read the same e-book on different devices. Availability across platforms
Mitigating climate change impacts and reaching carbon-zero goals and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals requires exorbitant sums of money. Given this, sustainable finance might come in as a powerful solution and a growing industry. Yet, there is still a lack of clear understanding what it is and how it can be put in place. International organization for standartization (ISO) has just published a new guidance to create
Recent research shows that in 2020 EAEU exports of food products and agricultural raw materials to non-EAEU countries accounted for 29.8 billion US dollar which is 19% higher than in 2019. Russia and Belarus are at the top of the ratings, with a 21.2% rise of export from Russia and a 35% – from Belarus. Meawhile, import to the EAEU from non-EAEU states descreased by 5.5% and export
The Eurasian Economic Commission made changes to the Single Sanitary and Epidemiological rules applicable to the products subject to sanitary inspection. The rules now include requirements to skin sanitizers and a list of documents to be reviewed to estimate products’ toxicity and safety. Single rules for skin sanitizers will facilitate the process of their registration and release on the market which has become highly relevant among medical organizations
The information that we find on medical devices must be clear and easy to understand for everyone starting from importers and suppliers and ending with customers, whatever language they may speak. For this reason, a range of internationally agreed graphical symbols are used. The standard that defines those symbols has just been updated. ISO 15223-1, Medical devices – Symbols to be used with information to be supplied by the manufacturer – Part 1:
Popular in millions of organizations around the globe, the standard ISO 9001, Quality management systems – Requirements, has just passed the stage of a systematic review. It is an open secret tha all ISO standards undergo such a procedure every five years to decide whether it is still valid or needs updating. This is important to ensure the standard is still globally relevant and meets the needs of its users.
Never before have our healthcare systems and their capacities been under so much scrutiny. The world has been brutally exposed to the need for adequate healthcare resources in terms of beds, equipment and of course medical personnel. Yet studies have shown that patient-centred staffing, whereby healthcare personnel are matched with the needs of the patient, results in better clinical outcomes. Recognizing the challenges this entails, a new standard
May, 27 witnessed quite a few changes in the EAEU certification rules made at the EAC Advisory Committee session. To begin with, a new Technical Regulation was approved – “Safety of metro rolling stock”. This Regulation will contain requirements individual for metro rolling stock components. What comes next, the Advisory Committee opened up a public discussion of adjustments to the Technical Regulation (TR) 010 “Safety of machinery and
