• November 13, 2020
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Needle prick is indeed painful; BIS ensures that it is safe

Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) is the National Standard Body of India and is trusted for its active role in the areas of standardisation, marking and quality certification of various goods and related matters. The acceptance of the BIS mark bears testimony to the organisation’s commitment towards quality assurance.

The robust quality of medicine administration devices such as syringes is of paramount importance in the management of patients in emergency situations like the COVID – 19 pandemic. Syringes are invariably used both in diagnostic as well as therapeutic procedures.

BIS is committed to develop Indian Standards for all such medical devices.

Different types of syringes for which the BIS has already developed standards are as follows:

• IS 10258: 2002 / ISO 7886 – 1: 1993 – requirements for sterile, single-use hypodermic syringes made of plastic material and intended for the aspiration of fluids or for the injection of fluids immediately after filling.
• ISO 10258 (Part 3) 2010 / ISO 7886 – 3 – properties and performance of sterile single-use hypodermic syringes with or without needle made of plastic and stainless steel materials.
• ISI 2227: 2020 / ISO 8537: 2016 – requirements and test methods for sterile, single-use syringes, with or without needle, for insulin (second revision).

Manufacturers who are interested in getting BIS license (in accordance to the extant statute) for the above mentioned devices may register themselves and submit their applications online through the BIS website – www.bis.gov.in. Among the aforementioned standards, all the indigenous Indian Standards can be accessed free of cost through BIS website. test