prEN ISO 26825

Anaesthetic and respiratory equipment - User-applied labels for syringes containing drugs used during anaesthesia - Colours, design and performance (ISO 26825:2020)

This document gives requirements for labels attached to syringes so that the contents can be identified just before use during anaesthesia. It covers the colour, size, design and general properties of the label and the typographical characteristics of the wording for the drug name.
NOTE National or regional regulations might require additional labelling, which can include bar coding. No requirements for this additional labelling are given.

Anästhesie und Beatmungsgeräte - Aufkleber für Spritzen mit Arzneimitteln zur Anwendung bei der Anästhesie, die vom Anwender angebracht werden - Farben, Design und Leistung (ISO 26825:2020)

Matériel d'anesthésie et de réanimation respiratoire - Étiquettes apposées par l'utilisateur sur les seringues contenant des médicaments utilisés pendant l'anesthésie - Couleurs, aspect et propriétés (ISO 26825:2020)

Anestezijska in dihalna oprema - Nalepke za injekcijske brizge z zdravili, ki se uporabljajo pri anesteziji - Barve, oblika in lastnosti (ISO 26825:2020)

General Information

• Status: Not Published
• ICS: 11.040.10 - Anaesthetic, respiratory and reanimation equipment
• ICS: 11.040.25 - Syringes, needles an catheters
• Technical Committee: CEN/TC 215 - Respiratory and anaesthetic equipment
• Drafting Committee: CEN/TC 215/WG 1 - Anaesthetic machines, medical breathing systems and anaesthetic gas scavenging systems
• Current Stage: 4060 - Closure of enquiry - Enquiry
• Due Date: 06-Jan-2022
• Completion Date: 06-Jan-2022
• Ref Project: oSIST prEN ISO 26825:2021 - Anaesthetic and respiratory equipment - User-applied labels for syringes containing drugs used during anaesthesia - Colours, design and performance (ISO 26825:2020)

Standards Content (sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
oSIST prEN ISO 26825:2021
01-december-2021
Anestezijska in dihalna oprema - Nalepke za injekcijske brizge z zdravili, ki se
uporabljajo pri anesteziji - Barve, oblika in lastnosti (ISO 26825:2020)

Anaesthetic and respiratory equipment - User-applied labels for syringes containing

drugs used during anaesthesia - Colours, design and performance (ISO 26825:2020)
Anästhesie und Beatmungsgeräte - Aufkleber für Spritzen mit Arzneimitteln zur

Anwendung bei der Anästhesie, die vom Anwender angebracht werden - Farben, Design

und Leistung (ISO 26825:2020)

Matériel d'anesthésie et de réanimation respiratoire - Étiquettes apposées par l'utilisateur

sur les seringues contenant des médicaments utilisés pendant l'anesthésie - Couleurs,

aspect et propriétés (ISO 26825:2020)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: prEN ISO 26825
ICS:
11.040.10 Anestezijska, respiratorna in Anaesthetic, respiratory and
reanimacijska oprema reanimation equipment
11.040.25 Injekcijske brizge, igle in Syringes, needles an
katetri catheters
oSIST prEN ISO 26825:2021 en,fr,de

2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

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oSIST prEN ISO 26825:2021
INTERNATIONAL ISO
STANDARD 26825
Second edition
2020-10
Anaesthetic and respiratory
equipment — User-applied labels for
syringes containing drugs used during
anaesthesia — Colours, design and
performance
Matériel d'anesthésie et de réanimation respiratoire — Étiquettes
apposées par l'utilisateur sur les seringues contenant des
médicaments utilisés pendant l'anesthésie — Couleurs, aspect et
propriétés
Reference number
ISO 26825:2020(E)
ISO 2020
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Contents Page

Foreword ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................iv

1 Scope ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 1

2 Normative references ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 1

3 Terms and definitions ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 1

4 General ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 1

4.1 Adhesive requirements .................................................................................................................................................................... 1

4.2 Labels provided as a tape............................................................................................................................................................... 1

4.3 Material ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 2

4.4 Packaging ..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 2

5 Colour, size and design requirements ............................................................................................................................................ 2

5.1 General ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 2

5.2 Background colour and designs ............................................................................................................................................... 2

5.3 Size of label ......... ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 2

5.4 Colour, character size and positioning of drug name............................................................................................. 2

6 Regional variations ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 4

Bibliography ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 9

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Foreword

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iso/ foreword .html.

This document was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 121, Anaesthetic and respiratory

equipment, Subcommittee SC 1, Breathing attachments and anaesthetic machines.

This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition (ISO 26825:2008), which has been technically

revised. The main changes compared to the previous edition are as follows:

— change of the former requirement on the drug name into a recommendation in 5.4.1;

— revision of the labels for benzodiazepines, suxamethonium, muscle relaxant reversal drugs and

adrenaline;

— addition of a requirement on the size of diagonal stripes on the label in 5.4.4;

— revision of the indication of the concentration of the drug on the label;
— addition of recommendations on labelling of ready mixed drugs;
— deletion of the colour fluorescent red;

— revision of Table 1 on background colour coding, Table 2 on representation of colours and Table A.1

on examples of alternative colour designations, and merging of the relevant information into one

table (Table 1).

Any feedback or questions on this document should be directed to the user’s national standards body. A

complete listing of these bodies can be found at www .iso .org/ members .html.
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INTERNATIONAL STANDARD ISO 26825:2020(E)
Anaesthetic and respiratory equipment — User-applied
labels for syringes containing drugs used during
anaesthesia — Colours, design and performance

CAUTION — The use of colours is intended only as an aid in the identification of drug groups and

does not absolve the user from the duty of reading the label and correctly identifying the drug

prior to use.
1 Scope

This document gives requirements for labels attached to syringes so that the contents can be identified

just before use during anaesthesia. It covers the colour, size, design and general properties of the label

and the typographical characteristics of the wording for the drug name.

NOTE National or regional regulations might require additional labelling, which can include bar coding. No

requirements for this additional labelling are given.
2 Normative references
There are no normative references in this document.
3 Terms and definitions
No terms and definitions are listed in this document.

ISO and IEC maintain terminological databases for use in standardization at the following addresses:

— ISO Online browsing platform: available at https:// www .iso .org/ obp
— IEC Electropedia: available at http:// www .electropedia .org/
4 General
4.1 Adhesive requirements
The label shall be self-adhesive and shall withstand the following test:

a) Apply the label to a 10 ml polyethylene syringe for at least 12 h at (23 ± 2) °C.

NOTE Polyethylene was chosen as the material of the test syringe because it has poor adhesion

properties and represents the "worst case".

b) Immerse the syringe and label in a 50 % solution (volume fraction) of isopropanol in water for 5 min.

c) After immersion, remove the syringe from the liquid, hold vertically and allow it to air dry for 5 min.

d) The label shall not move, curl or lift at the edge when touched by hand.
4.2 Labels provided as a tape

If the labels are provided as a tape, the location where the tape shall be cut between labels shall be

perforated or clearly marked. If there is backing material, the label shall be easily separable from it and

from adjacent labels.
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Check conformity by visual inspection and functional testing.
4.3 Material

The material of the label shall be suitable for the user to write additional information upon it, e.g. the

concentration of the drug, using a ball-point pen, without smudging or blurring.
Check conformity by functional testing.
4.4 Packaging

The label package shall be marked with a reference to this document, i.e. ISO 26825:2020.

Check conformity by visual inspection.
5 Colour, size and design requirements
5.1 General

The colour, size and design of labels applied to a syringe or cartridge by the drug manufacturer and

any labels designed to be transferred from the original medication container to a syringe should be

consistent with those specified in this document.
5.2 Background colour and designs

5.2.1 The background colours and designs shall be as specified in Table 1. The background colour shall

not be so dark as to interfere with the legibility of any additional information that is written on the label

using a black ball-point pen.
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