ＢＳ８８００仍是实施健康和安全体系的英国官方标准，但它只是一个指南，从来没有想作为认证标准使用。负责ＢＳ８８００的委员会在１９９９年６月召开了会议，决定是否将其向认证标准转化。他们决定仍将ＢＳ８８００作为指南文件，而现在有一个新的选择了，即ＯＨＳＡＳ１８ The BS8800 is still the UK’s official standard for implementing health and safety systems, but it is a guide and never intended to be used as a certification standard. The committee responsible for the BS8800 held a meeting in June 1999 to decide whether to convert it to a certification standard. They decided to still use the BS8800 as a guideline and now have a new option, OHSAS18