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This chapter provides an overview of the human factors and ergonomics standardization efforts at the international, regional, and national levels. The ISO standard 26800 describes the general ergonomics approach and specifies basic ergonomics principles and concepts applicable to the design and evaluation of tasks, jobs, products, tools, equipment, systems, organizations, services, facilities, and environments. The standardized approach to the management systems introduced by the ISO led to the developments in the area of management of occupational safety and health. The International Labour Organization (ILO) developed voluntary guidelines on OSH management systems which reflect ILO values and ensure protection of workers' safety and health. The ISO 9000:2005 standard describes the fundamentals of quality management systems, which form the subject of the ISO …