Joint Working Group 1 (JWG1) between ISO/TC 210 and IEC/SC 62A had a fruitful meeting in June 2017 in Delft, The Netherlands. The main focus was on the revision of the risk management standard ISO 14971.
Joint Working Group 1 (JWG1) between ISO/TC 210 and IEC/SC 62A had a fruitful meeting in June 2017 in Delft, The Netherlands. The main focus was on the revision of the risk management standard ISO 14971. The meeting saw a large attendance of about 40 experts and was very productive. The task teams that were assigned to work on special topics in the standard, presented their proposals. After detailed discussion and some additional work during the meeting, agreement was reached on most of the proposals and a working draft for the next edition of ISO 14971 was created. This working draft will be discussed further by the JWG1 members in conference calls. The goal is to finish the Committee Draft at the next meeting in Hiroshima, Japan. Meanwhile, the guidance for the application of ISO 14971 (as currently in the annexes of the standard and in the technical report ISO/TR 24971) is under review as well. All guidance will be adapted to the new edition of ISO 14971 and contained in the second edition of ISO/TR 24971. This work will be the main focus of JWG1 at the Hiroshima meeting.