IS/ISO 14408 : 2005 : Tracheal Tubes Designed for Laser Surgery - Requirements for Marking and Accompanying Information

NATIONAL FOREWORD

This Indian Standard which is identical with ISO 14408 : 2005 ‘Tracheal tubes designed for laser surgery - Requirements for marking and accompanying information’ issued by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) was adopted by the Bureau of Indian Standards on the recommendation of the Anaesthetic, Resuscitation and Allied Equipment Sectional Committee and approval of the Medical Equipment and Hospital Planning Division Council.

This standard is intended to provide requirements for marking, labelling and information supplied for tracheal tubes which are designed for resistance to ignition by a laser and which have been tested for laser resistance in accordance with ISO 11990 including a standard format for reporting results obtained when tested in accordance with ISO 11990. It is intended that, by limiting the requirements to disclosure of information determined in accordance with standard test methods, the manufacturer will be allowed maximum use of alternatives in design and materials.

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

a) Wherever the words ‘International Standard’ appear referring to this standard, they should be read as ‘Indian Standard’.

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