Monday, January 26, 2015

New Ophthalmic Equipment Standards for the 4th Quarter 2014

Document Center Inc. is pleased to announce that the following New Standards for Ophthalmic Equipment are now available:


  • BS EN ISO 8598, Withdrawn and replaced by BS EN ISO 8598-1, Optics and optical instruments. Focimeters
  • BS EN ISO 8598-1, 2014 Edition, Optics and optical instruments. Focimeters. General purpose instruments
  • BS EN ISO 11978, 2014 Edition, Ophthalmic optics. Contact lenses and contact lens care products. Labelling
  • BS EN ISO 11979-6, 2014 Edition, Ophthalmic implants. Intraocular lenses. Shelf-life and transport stability testing
  • BS EN ISO 12870, 2014 Edition, Ophthalmic optics. Spectacle frames. Requirements and test methods
  • BS EN ISO 14730, 2014 Edition, Ophthalmic optics. Contact lens care products. Antimicrobial preservative efficacy testing and guidance on determining discard date
  • BS ISO 18259, 2014 Edition, Ophthalmic optics. Contact lens care products. Method to assess contact lens care products with contact lenses in a lens case, challenged with bacterial and fungal organisms
  • ISO 11978, 2nd Edition, Ophthalmic optics - Contact lenses and contact lens care products - Labelling
  • ISO 11979-6, 3rd Edition, Ophthalmic implants - Intraocular lenses - Part 6: Shelf-life and transport stability testing
  • ISO 14730, 2nd Edition, Ophthalmic optics - Contact lens care products - Antimicrobial preservative efficacy testing and guidance on determining discard date
  • ISO 18259, 1st Edition, Ophthalmic optics - Contact lens care products - Method to assess contact lens care products with contact lenses in a lens case, challenged with bacterial and fungal organisms
  • SS EN ISO 8598-1, 2014 Editionn, Optics and optical instruments - Focimeters - Part 1: General purpose instruments (ISO 8598-1:2014)
  • SS EN ISO 11978, 2014 Edition, Ophthalmic optics - Contact lenses and contact lens care products - Labelling (ISO 11978:2014)
  • SS EN ISO 11979-6, 2014 Edition, Ophthalmic implants - Intraocular lenses - Part 6: Shelf-life and transport stability (ISO 11979-6:2007)
  • SS EN ISO 12870, 2014 Edition, Ophthalmic optics - Spectacle frames - Requirements and test methods (ISO 12870:2012)
  • SS EN ISO 14730, 2014 Edition, Ophthalmic optics - Contact lens care products - Antimicrobial preservative efficacy testing and guidance on determining discard date (ISO 14730:2000)


For more standards like these, please see our Document Center List of Standards for Ophthalmic Equipment.

You'll also want to review my previous posting:


And to learn about even more new standards:

New Ophthalmic Equipment Standards for the 1st Quarter 2015