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. 2020 Apr 27;22(5):933–936. doi: 10.1111/jch.13868

TABLE 1.

Currently available major validated device listings

Listing Scope Comments

British and Irish Hypertension Society

https://bihsoc.org/bp‐monitors/

National
  1. Divides devices in to home use and specialist use

  2. Contains a listing of devices that have failed validation

  3. Accepts the BHS or ESH protocol

Hypertension Canada

https://hypertension.ca/bpdevices

National
  1. Accepts the AAMI/ISO, BHS and ESH protocols

  2. Ranks devices into Gold (AAMI/ISO or BHS) or Silver (ESH) status

Validated Device Listing (VDL) for United States Blood Pressure Devices

Validatebp.org

National
  1. Accepts the AAMI/ISO and BHS protocols

  2. Initiative of the American Medical Association

  3. Launched in 2019 and will be live in 2020

Japanese Society of Hypertension

http://www.jpnsh.jp/com_ac_wg1.html

National
  1. Japanese language only

German Hypertension League Quality Seal Protocol

https://www.hochdruckliga.de/messgeraete‐mit‐pruefsiegel.html

National
  1. German only

dabl Educational Trust

http://www.dableducational.org

International
  1. Lists devices validated using the AAMI/ISO protocol as “questionable.” Accepts BHS and ESH protocols.

STRIDE BP

https://stridebp.org/bp‐monitors

International
  1. Accepts validations performed using the AAMI/ISO, BHS, and ESH protocols

  2. Has sections on home, office, ambulatory, children, and pregnancy

  3. Joint initiative of the ESH, International Society of Hypertension, and World Hypertension League

MEDAVAL

https://medaval.ie

International
  1. Contains information on BP monitors, blood glucose monitors, and pulse oximeters