51. ARSO/TC 74: Healthcare Services

Scope

 Standardization in the field of healthcare organization management including: classification, terminology, nomenclature, informatics, management practices and metrics that comprise the non-clinical operations in healthcare entities.

52. ARSOTC 78: Medical Devices and equipment

Scope

Standardization in the following fields:

1. assistive products for persons with disability
2. Electrical equipment in medical practice
3. Transfusion, infusion and injection equipment for medical and pharmaceutical use
4. Devices for administration of medicinal products and intravascular catheters
5. Dentistry and oral hygiene products
6. Anaesthetic and respiratory equipment
7. Implants for surgery
8. Prosthetic and orthotics
9. Surgical instruments
10. Mechanical contraceptives

Quality management and corresponding general aspects for medical devices

53. ARSOTC 80: Pharmaceuticals and related products

Scope

Elaboration of standards, specifications, codes of practice, methods of test and sampling for pharmaceuticals and medicinal products

54. QA 002: Quality Management Systems Scope

Standardization in the field of quality management (generic quality management systems and supporting technologies), as well as quality management standardization in specific sectors at the request of the affected sector.

55. ARSO/TC 31, Farm implements and machinery for agriculture and forestry.

Scope

Standardization of tractors, machines, systems, implements and their equipment used in agriculture and forestry as well as gardening, landscaping, irrigation and other related areas in which such equipment is used, including electronic/electrical aspects and electronic identification as well as electronic identification of all categories of animals. Typical areas include:

(i) Common tests

(ii) Safety and comfort

(iii) Tractors

(iv) Equipment for crop protection

(v) Equipment for harvesting and conservation

(vi) Powered lawn and garden equipment

(vii) Operator controls, operator symbols and other displays, operator manuals

(viii) Machinery for forestry

(ix) Manually portable forest machinery

(x) Irrigation and drainage equipment and systems

(xi) Agricultural electronics

56. FD002: Agriculture and biotechnology

Scope

Standardization in the field of agricultural biotechnology including methods of production, processing, distribution and marketing of crops, animals and their products derived from biotechnological processes and other nonconventional techniques. The standards may include terminology, codes of practice, good agriculture practice, organic agriculture, guidelines, sustainability criteria, labelling, methods of sampling and test.