ISO_14971
ISO 14971
ISO standard
ISO 14971 Medical devices — Application of risk management to medical devices is a voluntary standard[1] for the application of risk management to medical devices.[2] "Voluntary standards do not replace national laws, with which standards' users are understood to comply and which take precedence" over voluntary standards[3] such as ISO 13485 and ISO 14971. The ISO Technical Committee responsible for the maintenance of this standard is ISO/ TC 210 working with IEC/SC62A through Joint Working Group one (JWG1). This standard is the culmination of the work starting in ISO/IEC Guide 51,[4] and ISO/IEC Guide 63.[5] The third edition of ISO 14971 was published in December 2019 and supersedes the second edition of ISO 14971.[6]
Specifically, ISO 14971 is a nine-part standard which first establishes a framework for risk analysis, evaluation, control, and review, and also specifies a procedure for review and monitoring during production and post-production.[7][8]
ISO 14971:2012 was harmonized with respect to the three European Directives associated with medical devices through the three 'Zed' Annexes (ZA, ZB & ZC). The Annex ZA harmonized ISO 14971:2012 with the Medical Devices Directive 93/42/EEC of 1993.[9] The Annex ZB harmonized ISO 14971:2012 with the Active Implantable Medical Device Directive 90/385/EEC of 1990.[10] The Annex ZC harmonized ISO 14971:2012 with the In-vitro Diagnostic Medical Device Directive 98/79/EC of 1998.[11]
The 2021 addendum to ISO 14971 (ISO 14971:2019+A11:2021) was published to harmonize ISO 14971 and two European Regulations associated with medical devices through the two 'Zed' Annexes (ZA & ZB). The Annex ZA harmonized ISO 14971 with the European Union's Medical Device Regulation (2017/745) of 2017.[12] The Annex ZB harmonized ISO 14971 with the European Union's Medical Device Regulation (2017/746) of 2017.[13]
In 2013, a technical report ISO/TR 24971[14] was published by ISO TC 210 to provide expert guidance on the application of this standard. The second edition of ISO 24971 was published in 2020 and contains some of the informative annexes from the second edition of ISO 14971.[15]