ISO/TR 25555:2024

Ageing societies — Accessibility and usability considerations for home healthcare products, related services and environments

This document provides a collection of design considerations from existing international standards as well as best practices and observations obtained from the home healthcare field. This document is intended to be used as a reference for designing accessibility and usability of home healthcare products and associated services, and environments designed for non-professional users. This document does not provide information on the use of home healthcare products by healthcare professionals regardless of the place and facility of use.

Vieillissement de la population — Considérations relatives à l'accessibilité et à l'usabilité des produits de soins de santé à domicile, services et environnements connexes

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 03-Jan-2024
• ICS: 11.020.10 - Health care services in general
• ICS: 13.180 - Ergonomics
• Technical Committee: ISO/TC 314 - Ageing societies
• Drafting Committee: ISO/TC 314 - Ageing societies
• Current Stage: 6060 - International Standard published
• Start Date: 04-Jan-2024
• Completion Date: 04-Jan-2024

Standards Content (Sample)

FINAL
TECHNICAL ISO/DTR
DRAFT
REPORT 25555
ISO/TC 314
Ageing societies — Accessibility and
Secretariat: BSI
usability considerations for home-
Voting begins on:
2023-08-29 based healthcare products, related
services and environments
Voting terminates on:
2023-10-24
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ISO/DTR 25555:2023(E)
LOGICAL, COMMERCIAL AND USER PURPOSES,
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ISO/DTR 25555:2023(E)
FINAL
TECHNICAL ISO/DTR
DRAFT
REPORT 25555
ISO/TC 314
Ageing societies — Accessibility and
Secretariat: BSI
usability considerations for home-
Voting begins on:
based healthcare products, related
services and environments
Voting terminates on:
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DRAFT INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS MAY ON
Published in Switzerland
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ISO/DTR 25555:2023(E)
Contents Page
Foreword .iv
Introduction .v
1 Scope . 1
2 Normative references . 1
3 Terms and definitions . 1
4 General considerations for increasing accessibility and usability .2
4.1 Safety and security . 2
4.2 Cleanness, disinfection and sterilization . 3
4.3 Independence and autonomy of care recipients . 3
4.4 Accessibility in general . 3
5 Considerations on home healthcare products for increasing accessibility and
usability . 4
5.1 Operation . 4
5.1.1 General considerations .
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ISO /DTR 25555:2023(E)
ISO /TC 314
Secretariat: BSI
2023-05-2507-26
Ageing societies—Accessibility and usability considerations for home-based healthcare
products, related services and environments


DTR stage

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© ISO 2023
All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, or required in the context of its implementation, no
part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized otherwise in any form or by any means,
electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, or posting on the internet or an intranet, without
prior written permission. Permission can be requested from either ISO at the address below or
ISO’s member body in the country of the requester.
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ISO/TR 25555:2023(E)
Contents
Foreword . ⅳ
Introduction. ⅴ
1 Scope . 1
2 Normative references . 1
3 Terms and definitions . 1
4 General considerations for increasing accessibility and usability . 3
4.1 Safety and security . 3
4.2 Cleanness, disinfection and sterilization . 3
4.3 Independence and autonomy of care recipients . 3
4.4 Accessibility in general . 3
5 Considerations on home healthcare products for increasing accessibility and
usability . 4
5.1 Operation . 4
5.1.1 General considerations . 4
5.1.2 Specific considerations . 5
5.2 Information and marking . 7
5.2.1 General considerations . 7
5.2.2 Specific considerations . 8
6 Considerations on services related to use of home healthcare products for
increasing accessibility and usability . 12
6.1 General considerati
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