IS 18478 : 2024/ISO 20698 : 2018 Catheter Systems for Neuraxial Application - Sterile and Single-Use Catheters and Accessories

NATIONAL FOREWORD

The Indian Standard which is identical to ISO 20698 : 2018 'Catheter systems for neuraxial application - Sterile and single-use catheters and accessories’ issued by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) was adopted by the Bureau of Indian Standards on the recommendation of the Hospital Equipment and Surgical Disposable Products Sectional Committee and approval of the Medical Equipment and Hospital Planning Division Council.

The text of the ISO standard has been approved as suitable for publication as an Indian Standard without deviations. Certain conventions are however not identical to those used in Indian Standards. Attention is particularly drawn to the following:

 a) Wherever the words 'International Standard' appears referring to this standard, they should be read as 'Indian Standard'; and

 b) Comma (,) has been used as a decimal marker while in Indian Standard, the current practice is to use a point (.) as the decimal marker.