# ISO/TS 20658:2017 — Withdrawn and superseded ISO standards For ISO/TS 20658:2017, item title is Medical laboratories — Requirements for collection, transport, receipt, and handling of samples; status code is 9599; successor is ISO 20658:2023; withdrawn / published date is 2017-11-02, recorded from its source on 2026-08-05. - **Identifier:** ISO/TS 20658:2017 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Item title:** Medical laboratories — Requirements for collection, transport, receipt, and handling of samples _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Status code:** 9599 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Successor:** ISO 20658:2023 - **Withdrawn / published date:** 2017-11-02 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ ## What the source says > 68763,TS,,ISO/TS 20658:2017,"Medical laboratories — Requirements for collection, transport, receipt, and handling of samples","Laboratoires de biologie médicale — Exigences pour le prélèvement, le transport, la réception et la manipulation des échantillons",2017-11-02,1,['11.100.01'],ISO/TC 212,9599,,[80035],['en'],34,"

ISO/TS 20658:2017 specifies requirements and good practice recommendations for the collection, transport, receipt and handling of samples intended for medical laboratory examinations.

ISO/TS 20658:2017 is applicable to medical laboratories and other medical services involved in laboratory pre-examination processes that include the examination request, patient preparat ## Source - https://isopublicstorageprod.blob.core.windows.net/opendata/_latest/iso_deliverables_metadata/csv/iso_deliverables_metadata.csv Last verified: 2026-08-05. Review by: 2027-02-01. Part of [Withdrawn and superseded ISO standards](https://referencesource.org/iso-standard-supersessions/).