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Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) has noted an increase in the number of sanitizers and liquid hand wash that are manufactured and sold on the Ugandan market some of which have not undergone any quality testing or certification.
In order to support manufacturers produce quality products, UNBS has agreed to offer the following Uganda Standards free of charge until further notice.
1. US EAS 789: 2013, Instant hand sanitizers — Specification; This Uganda Standard specifies the requirements and methods of test for alcohol based instant hand sanitizers. The standard does not cover non-alcohol based hand sanitizers.
2. US 1625:2015, Anti-bacterial and Anti-viral instant hand sanitizers— Specification; This Uganda Standard specifies the requirements, sampling and test methods for acid based instant sanitizers.
3. US 1693:2017, Disinfectants/sanitizers — Specification; This Uganda Standard specifies requirements, sampling and test methods for disinfectants/sanitizers intended for general use on inanimate surfaces including food contact and non-food contact surfaces. This standard is applicable to disinfectants/sanitizers represented for use on non-critical medical devices, environmental surfaces and other inanimate objects. This standard does not apply to disinfectants/sanitizers containing iodophor(s) and aldehydes as active ingredients.
4. US 1709:2017, Disinfectants/sanitizers based on iodophors — Specification; This Uganda Standard specifies requirements, sampling and test methods for disinfectants/sanitizers that contain iodophor(s) as active ingredient(s) and intended for use on inanimate surfaces.
5. US 1710:2017, Disinfectants/sanitizers based on glutaraldehyde for general use — Specification; This Uganda Standard specifies requirements, sampling and test methods for two types of disinfectants/sanitizers based on glutaraldehyde and intended for general use on inanimate surfaces.
6. US EAS 812-1:2015, Liquid hand wash — Specification — Part 1: Synthetic and combined (soap and synthetic) hand wash; This Uganda Standard specifies the requirements and methods of test for synthetic and combined (soap and synthetic) hand wash. This standard does not apply to soap-based hand wash.
Similarly, on the guidance of the Secretary General, ISO - International Organization for Standardization, the following national adoptions of ISO standards shall be provided free of charge until further notice.
1. US ISO 10377 Consumer Product Safety – Guidelines for Suppliers; This Uganda Standard provides practical guidance to suppliers on assessing and managing the safety of consumer products, including effective documentation of risk assessment and risk management to meet applicable requirements. This standard describes how to: identify, assess, reduce or eliminate hazards; manage risks by reducing them to tolerable levels; provide consumers with hazard warnings or instructions essential to the safe use or disposal of consumer products. This standard is intended to apply to consumer products but might also be applicable to decisions concerning safety in other product sectors
2. US ISO/TS 22002-2:2013 Prerequisite programs for food safety – Part 2: catering; This standard specifies the requirements for the design, implementation, and maintenance of prerequisite programmes (PRPs) to assist in controlling food safety hazards in catering. This standard is applicable to all organizations, which are involved in the processing, preparation, distribution, transport, and serving of food and meals and wish to implement PRPs in accordance with the requirements specified in US ISO 22000:2005, 7.2. The scope of this part of ISO/TS 22002 includes catering, air catering, railway catering, banquets, among others, in central and satellite units, school and industry dining rooms, hospitals and healthcare facilities, hotels, restaurants, coffee shops, food services, and food stores.
3. US ISO 374-5:2016, Protective gloves against dangerous chemicals and micro-organisms — Part 5: Terminology and performance requirements for micro-organisms risks; This Uganda Standard specifies the requirements and test methods for protective gloves intended to protect the user against micro-organisms.
4. US ISO 10993-1:2018, Biological evaluation of medical devices — Part 1: Evaluation and testing (2nd Edition); This Uganda Standard specifies the general principles governing the biological evaluation of medical devices within a risk management process; the general categorization of medical devices based on the nature and duration of their contact with the body; the evaluation of existing relevant data from all sources; the identification of gaps in the available data set on the basis of a risk analysis; the identification of additional data sets necessary to analyze the biological safety of the medical device; and the assessment of the biological safety of the medical devices. (This standard cancels and replaces US ISO 10993-1:2003 which has been technically revised).
5. US ISO 13688:2013, Protective clothing -- General requirements; This Uganda Standard specifies general performance requirements for ergonomics, innocuousness, size designation, ageing, compatibility and marking of protective clothing and the information to be supplied by the manufacturer with the protective clothing. US ISO 13688:2012 is only intended to be used in combination with other standards containing requirements for specific protective performance and not on a stand-alone basis
6. US ISO 22301:2012, Societal security — Business continuity management systems — Requirements; This Uganda Standard for business continuity management specifies requirements to plan, establish, implement, operate, monitor, review, maintain and continually improve a documented management system to protect against, reduce the likelihood of occurrence, prepare for, respond to, and recover from disruptive incidents when they arise. The requirements specified in this standard are generic and intended to be applicable to all organizations, or parts thereof, regardless of type, size and nature of the organization. The extent of application of these requirements depends on the organization’s operating environment and complexity.
7. US ISO 22395:2018 Security and resilience — Community resilience — Guidelines for supporting vulnerable persons in an emergency; This Uganda Standard gives guidelines for organizations to identify, involve, communicate with and support individuals who are the most vulnerable to natural and human-induced (both intentional and unintentional) emergencies. It also includes guidelines for continually improving the provision of support to vulnerable persons in an emergency.
8. US ISO 22320:2011, Societal security — Emergency management — Requirements for incident response; This Uganda Standard specifies minimum requirements for effective incident response and provides the basics for command and control, operational information, coordination and cooperation within an incident response organization. It includes command and control organizational structures and procedures, decision support, traceability, information management, and interoperability. It establishes requirements for operational information for incident response which specifies processes, systems of work, data capture and management in order to produce timely, relevant and accurate information. It supports the process of command and control as well as coordination and cooperation, internally within the organization and externally with other involved parties, and specifies requirements for coordination and cooperation between organizations. This standard is applicable to any organization (private, public, governmental or non-profit) involved in preparing or responding to incidents at the international, national, regional or local levels.
9. US ISO 22316:2017, Security and resilience — Organizational resilience — Principles and attributes; This Uganda Standard provides guidance to enhance organizational resilience for any size or type of organization. It is not specific to any industry or sector. This document can be applied throughout the life of an organization. This document does not promote uniformity in approach across all organizations, as specific objectives and initiatives are tailored to suit an individual organization’s needs.
10. US ISO 31000:2018, Risk management — Guidelines (2nd Edition); This Uganda Standard provides guidelines on managing risk faced by organizations. The application of these guidelines can be customized to any organization and its context. This standard provides a common approach to managing any type of risk and is not industry or sector specific. This standard can be used throughout the life of the organization and can be applied to any activity, including decision-making at all levels.
To request for a free copy of any of the above standards, please contact; Mr. George Opiyo, telephone: 0701 033 591, email: george.opiyo@unbs.go.ug; or
Maurice Musuga telephone: 0701 194 628, email: maurice.musuga@unbs.go.ug
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