This Gulf standard specifies requirements and gives test methods for medical compression hosiery, including custom-made hosiery knitted from threads made of natural fibers or synthetic fibers and elastic threads. It is applicable to medical compression hosiery which is used as a medical device for the treatment of venous and/or lymphatic diseases of the leg. This standard does not give requirements connected with the manufacture of hosiery. NOTE: Manufacturing methods that have been shown by experience to be satisfactory are given for information in annex A.