BS EN ISO 11138-5:2017
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Sterilization of health care products. Biological indicators – Biological indicators for low-temperature steam and formaldehyde sterilization processes
Published By | Publication Date | Number of Pages |
BSI | 2017 | 18 |
This document specifies requirements for test organisms, suspensions, inoculated carriers, biological indicators and test methods intended for use in assessing the performance of sterilization processes employing low-temperature steam and formaldehyde as the sterilizing agent.
NOTE 1 Requirements for validation and control of low-temperature steam and formaldehyde sterilization processes are provided by ISO 14937 .
NOTE 2 Requirements for work place safety can be provided by national or regional regulations.
PDF Catalog
PDF Pages | PDF Title |
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4 | European foreword Endorsement notice |
6 | Foreword |
7 | Introduction |
9 | 1 Scope 2 Normative references 3 Terms and definitions 4 General requirements |
10 | 5 Test organism 6 Suspension 7 Carrier and primary packaging 8 Inoculated carriers and biological indicators 9 Population and resistance |
12 | Annex A (normative) Method for determination of resistance to low-temperature steam and formaldehyde |
14 | Annex B (informative) Rationale for the liquid-phase test method for low-temperature steam and formaldehyde biological indicators |
15 | Bibliography |