To support rapid response efforts to the COVID-19 pandemic, the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) is providing access to key international standards supporting biological evaluation of medical devices; protective clothing used in health care settings; and business continuity management, security, and resilience.
Through the ANSI portal, Freely Available ISO Standards to Help Address COVID-19 Crisis, the following ISO standards are accessible in read-only format at no cost during the crisis; additional standards may be added in the near future:
ISO 10993-1:2018, Biological evaluation of medical devices - Part 1: Evaluation and testing within a risk management process
ISO 13688:2013, Protective clothing - General requirements
ISO 374-5:2016, Protective gloves against dangerous chemicals and micro-organisms - Part 5: Terminology and performance requirements for micro-organisms risks
ISO 22301:2019, Security and resilience - Business continuity management systems – Requirements
ISO 22316:2017, Security and resilience - Organizational resilience - Principles and attributes
ISO 22395:2018, Security and resilience - Community resilience - Guidelines for supporting vulnerable persons in an emergency
ISO 22320:2018, Security and resilience - Emergency management - Guidelines for incident management
ISO 31000:2018, Risk management – Guidelines
To access the portal, users must accept the license agreement and register. Once registered for the portal, users can return to the portal via https://asc.ansi.org.