Standardization development in ISO/TC 249 related to acupuncture and moxibustion

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  • TOGO Toshihiro
    JLOM Related Committee, The Japan Society of Acupuncture and Moxibustion (JSAM) Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Faculty of Health Sciences, Tokyo Ariake University of Medical and Health Sciences
  • KIMURA Tomoaki
    Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Faculty of Health Sciences, Tokyo Ariake University of Medical and Health Sciences
  • KATAI Shuichi
    Faculty of Health Sciences, Tsukuba University of Technology
  • MATSUMOTO Takeshi
    Center for Environment, Health and Field Sciences, Chiba University
  • NAKANO Ryoichi
    SEIRIN CORPORATION
  • KANEYASU Yoshifumi
    YAMASHO CORPORATION

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  • 国際標準化と日本鍼灸
  • JLOM関連委員会 国際標準化と日本鍼灸 : 国内規格とISO(第4回ISO/TC249全体会議報告)
  • JLOM カンレン イインカイ コクサイ ヒョウジュンカ ト ニホンシンキュウ : コクナイ キカク ト ISO(ダイ4カイ ISO/TC249 ゼンタイ カイギ ホウコク)
  • －国内規格とISO－　(第4回ISO/TC249全体会議報告)
  • -Report of the 4th plenary meeting in Durban, South Africa, 2013

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It has been five years since TC 249 was established as a new Technical Committee (TC) at the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), specializing in the field of Chinese traditional medicine. In the second Plenary Meeting held in Den Haag (2011), five working groups (WGs) were established within the TC, two of which specialize in standard development of acupuncture needles (WG3) and other medical devices used in traditional medicine (WG4). Japanese delegates have participated in the discussion within these WGs, paying close attention so as to keep the proposals under discussion consistent with existing Japanese standards and certification standards regulated by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. However, since most of the participants in TC 249 are clinicians or researchers engaged in medical practices, and not experts on domestic/international standards, discussions on harmonization of the submitted projects often become complicated. In this manuscript, four experts (two from academia and two from companies that manufacture acupuncture needles and moxibustion devices) who attended the fourth plenary meeting held in Durban, South Africa, in May 2013, report on the stage of progress of standardization development in WG3and WG4.

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