ISO 15223-1:2021—Medical Devices Symbols
Symbols on medical devices are crucial for patient safety, regulatory compliance, and effective communication, allowing for clear and concise information across different languages and cultures. ISO…
ANSI/ISA 5.1-2024: Instrumentation Symbols & Identification
In many industries, like oil and gas, engineers create a blueprint for equipment and control layout, which is called a Piping and Instrumentation Diagram (P&ID),…
ISO 7001:2023—Registered Public Information Symbols
Symbols are created as an abstract way to comprehend something that is based on life experiences. Much of what humans need to comprehend are gestalts…
IEC/TR 60878:2022 – Medical Electrical Equipment
The caduceus, a staff with two snakes coiled around it and surmounted by wings, is considered a symbol of medicine. It is the official insignia…
ANSI Z535.3-2022: Criteria for Safety Symbols
What is yellow, green, red, or blue? The answer is a safety symbol, which ANSI Z535.3-2022: Criteria for Safety Symbols outlines. The ANSI Z535.3-2022 Standard…
ANSI Z97.1 & Safety Glazing Material Markings
For a change, look at glass (or plastic), not through it. In small lettering, you might see some letters and numbers. Markings like “ANSI Z97.1-2015”…
Symbols for Medical Device Labels
A voluntary consensus standard can result in the summation of the best existing practices and techniques in an industry that were in use prior to…
ASTM D7611-20: Change to Resin Identification Code Standard
Symbols hold prominence from their ubiquity. Due to this, markings can become as recognizable as the letter “a.” One such symbol is visible to anyone…
Symbols – Recognize the Meaning?
The language of symbols present in daily life, so omnipresent, we hardly consider them… until. Until you don’t get the message. Put your sweater in…