ISO 9001:2008 is newly published. The revised version of the quality management system standard was released on November 14, 2008, by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). ISO 9004 is currently under review and scheduled for release in 2009.
Compared to ISO 9001:2000 the new edition contains:
- No new requirements
- Some useful clarifications to existing requirements
- Mainly editorial changes
- A few examples of increased compatibility with ISO 14001:2004
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OHSAS 18001:2007 Occupational health and safety management systems. Requirements specifies requirement for an occupational health and safety (OH&S) management system, to enable an organization to control its OH&S risks and improve its performance.
OHSAS 18001:2007 supersedes OHSAS 18001:1999, but remains current until 2009.
There have been a number of significant changes to the document since the first edition was published in 1999.
Principal amongst the changes are much greater emphasis on “health” rather than just “safety”, and significantly improved alignment to ISO 14001:2004 (to enable organizations to develop “integrated management systems”).
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