Japanese law prompts U.S. action on instrument standards

Robert E. Parks

Standards news takes somewhat of a political flavor this month. Sid Braginsky, the U.S. leader for ISO/TC 172/SC 5, Microscopes, recently received a letter from the Secretariat for TC 172 urging rapid consideration of standards for "operation microscopes," those microscopes used by surgeons during delicate surgery.

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