It is learned from the General Administration of Market Supervision that the first ISO international standard in the field of ambulances led by China, "Technical Specification of Negative Pressure Ambulance Medical Cabin" (ISO/TS 17430:2025), was officially released recently. The release of this international standard further standardizes the technical indicators of the medical cabin, ensures that the medical cabin can provide more reliable medical services in the process of transferring patients, and greatly improves the safety, effectiveness and timeliness of patient treatment in a highly contagious environment.
Negative pressure ambulance is an important medical equipment, mainly used for the safe isolation and transfer of infectious disease patients, and plays an important role in the control of various respiratory infectious diseases. For the first time, this international standard put forward the technical requirements for the medical cabin of negative pressure ambulances, including sealing and isolation performance, negative pressure performance, air exchange rate, air directional flow, disinfection system function, filtration device and disinfection device of negative pressure system and other relevant technical indicators and test methods.
The relevant person in charge of the General Administration of Market Supervision said that the release of the standard has put forward technical specifications for negative pressure ambulance medical cabins for reference for countries around the world, which will have a positive impact on the global prevention and control of respiratory infectious diseases. ( News Agency)