ANSI Standards
The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) is a private, non-profit organization (501c3) that administers and coordinates the US voluntary standardization and conformity assessment system. The American National Standard ANSI Z80.9 was written in 1986 and revised in 1992 and 1997 as it relates to Low Vision Aids Requirements. These are standards that were established by ANSI. It is not intended as an American National Standard but rather as standards by materially affected interests. The low vision standards define the terms, terminology, safety, environmental conditions of use for manufacturers, clinicians, and patients.
ANSI Z80.9-1986, was the first to accomplish a standard system to describe Low Vision Aids (LVAs). The standards define methods of measurement and performance requirements to enable the person suffering with low vision, the clinician prescribing for the low vision patient, and the manufacturer of low vision aids to speak a common language, and provide uniform measures for optical quality and safety characteristics of LVAs.
The standards require that the manufacturer's or distributor's name, maintenance instructions (cleaning) and safety precautions be attached to or supplied with all devices. There are standards for microscopes, spectacle mounted telemicroscopes, removable caps, prismatic devices, absorption, methods of measurement, safety requirements, and optical performance.
ASCZ80 (Optical Laboratories Association) covers all manufacturers of ophthalmic instruments and laboratory equipment. There is a broad range of different instrumentation within this category and there are large systems that incorporate ophthalmic instruments within broader product manufacturing systems. An electronic copy of this standard can be requested from kdinkel@qwest.net.
BSRZ89.1-1997 (Industrial Head Protection) is a revision of ANSIZ89.1-1997 covering sunwear. Additional information can be requested from czfardgo@safetycentral.org.
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