An Amendment for IEC 62366-1 has Been Released. Get Yours today!

An amendment for IEC 62366-1, Medical devices – Part 1: Application of usability engineering to medical devices, has been released. Get your copy today! We offer this amendment in both paper and pdf format. You can also add this document to your standards online subscription. If you need the complete document, you can find it with the amendment interfiled inour shop in both formats.

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What’s New in this Amendment?

According to the publisher, this amendment was released to correct inaccuracies found in the 2015 release. Since then, a total of 22 inacuracies have been identified. You will need this amendment in order to remain complaint with projects that require use of IEC 62366-1.

The amendment not only covers safety-related aspects of user interfaces, but also offers more detailed descriptions of usability engineering methods. A technical tutorial has been added from IEC 62366-2 to assist manufacturers. Both documents can be purchased as a bundle. Get your copy of the amendment today!

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IEC 62366-1 Corrigendum

A new Corrigendum 1 has been released for the IEC 62366-1 Edition 1.0.  This standard is titled “Medical devices – Part 1: Application of usability engineering to medical devices.”  It is a widely used standard in the medical device industry.  But what exactly does this new Corrigendum do?

Many of our customers have questions when a corrigendum is released for an international standard.  So let’s take a look at what a corrigendum is and why it is issued for a given document.

Basically, a corrigendum is a change notice.  Similar updates are issued for other standards as errata, changes notices, and so on.  This type of change is too small to warrant an amendment.  But it is a change that affects the technical content of the publication.

You will find the true definition of a technical corrigendum in the ISO/IEC Directive 1.  These directives provide you with the administrative information for understanding the standards process.  They also define many of the document types ISO and IEC use.

Some things to note about a technical corrigendum.  It is issued when the change has a material affect on the techical content.  So it will always address an error or ambiguity that could “lead to incorrect or unsafe application of the publication.”   And it is not usually issued for a publication that is over 3 years old.

Now to the technical corrigendum for IEC 62366-1.  This correction sheet has been issued because of an error in numbering the references to a particular paragraph within the standard.  And it’s true, using the  wrong paragraph can lead to errors.  So the change fits the requirements for issuing a corrigendum.

There are 2 sections of the standard that have been affected by this inadvertent error in referencing,  Section C.1 (General) and Section C.2.4 (Risk control).    Your new corrigendum will give you the correct information.  You should keep the corrigendum with the document it affects.  And you might also like to make “pen and ink” changes to the body of the document so there’s no change of confusion.

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