EN ISO 10993-2:1998

Biological evaluation of medical devices - Part 2: Animal welfare requirements (ISO 10993-2:1992) EN ISO 10993-2:1998

Publication date:   Oct 23, 2003

Scope

This part of ISO 10993 specifies minimum requirements for the use of animals in biological testing. This part of ISO 10993 is also intended: a) to establish guidelines which allow the scientist to respect life in general; b) to reduce the number of animal experiments and the number of animals used in experiments and the number of animals used in experiments, among other ways, by optimization of those performed; c) to improve the quality of life of the animals used in the experiments.

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