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Product Testing and Certification

The safety of medical devices

At SIQ, we started testing the safety of medical devices 25 years ago, mainly led by the desire to help Slovenian manufacturers place their innovative medical products on the Slovenian and international market. In 2005, a new c...

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IEC/EN 61010-1 + A1 – Measurement, Control, and Laboratory use

Mid of next year, amendment A1 to EN 61010-1 will become mandatory. Though issued some time ago and already widely used at SIQ, we would like to notify our partners that this amendment will be mandatory in the EU as of 30th May 20...

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From component testing to final products

At SIQ, we are very proud of our wide scope of testing services, with more than 500 standards in our accreditation scope, and of being a member of many international schemes. That enables us to work with manufacturers from many...

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IEC 61326-2-6: In vitro diagnostic (IVD) medical equipment – EMC requirements

The new edition of the standard that covers EMC testing of in-vitro (IVD) medical equipment – IEC 61326-2-6:2020 has been published recently. The latest version of IEC 61326-2-6 completely rewrites the EMC approach to IVD devices ...

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A new standard for equipment operating in 2.4 GHz band (WiFi, Bluetooth)

The transition period for the harmonized standard EN 300 328, which covers equipment operating in the 2.4 GHz band (WiFi, Bluetooth), has ended. The previous version (V2.1.1) of the standard was withdrawn on 6 August 2021 and the devices covered b...

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