title: Highlights of the new international standard on home healthcare devices.
abstract: In this article, leaders of the joint working group that developed a new international standard for medical equipment used in the home healthcare environment report on key provisions of the standard. A new AAMI committee is now considering adopting it as an American National Standard.
authors: Harvard Medical School, USA. debra_milamed@hms.harvard.edu
authors: Debra R
authors: DR
authors: Milamed
authors: Hubertus
authors: H
authors: Lasthaus
authors: John
authors: J
authors: Hedley-Whyte
mesh_terms: D055615:Electrical Equipment and Supplies / Q000592:standards*; D004868:Equipment Failure; D004869:Equipment Safety / Q000592:standards; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation