ISO/DIS 14644-1 now available

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The Institute of Environmental Sciences, Secretariat for ISO/TC 209 has announced the availability of ISO/DIS 14644-1, Cleanrooms and associated controlled environments — Part 1: Classification of airborne particulates. The document is the first Draft International Standard (DIS) produced by ISO Technical Committee 209, Cleanrooms and Associated Controlled Environments. Descriptors of this DIS include cleanrooms, air pollution, particulate air pollutant, and classification. This first ISO cleanroom standard is one of about 12 documents that will make up the new family of global cleanroom standards (See “ISO enters last lap in formalizing new cleanroom classification,” CleanRooms, February 1997, p. 1). Other documents will follow until the full family is complete, which may be as early as the end of 1999. The other documents will cover subjects such as cleanroom testing for compliance, biocontamination, metrology and test methods, cleanroom design and construction, cleanroom operations, minienvironments and isolators, and terms, definitions and units. The Institute says there are still opportunities to participate in the activities of ISO/TC 209. For more information, contact the IES at (847) 255-1561. – SES