ISO 11138-2:2017

ISO 11138-2:2017

March 2017
International standard Current

Sterilization of health care products - Biological indicators - Part 2 : biological indicators for ethylene oxide sterilization processes

ISO 11138-2:2017 specifies requirements for test organisms, suspensions, inoculated carriers, biological indicators and test methods intended for use in assessing the performance of sterilizers and sterilization processes employing ethylene oxide gas as the sterilizing agent, either as pure ethylene oxide gas or mixtures of this gas with diluent gases, at sterilizing temperatures within the range of 29 °C to 65 °C. NOTE 1 Requirements for validation and control of ethylene oxide sterilization processes are provided by ISO 11135 and ISO 14937. NOTE 2 National or regional regulations can provide requirements for work place safety.

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March 2017

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6 p.

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ISO 11138-2:2017

ICS Codes

11.080.01   Sterilization and disinfection in general

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Sterilization of health care products - Biological indicators - Part 2 : biological indicators for ethylene oxide sterilization processes

ISO 11138-2:2017 specifies requirements for test organisms, suspensions, inoculated carriers, biological indicators and test methods intended for use in assessing the performance of sterilizers and sterilization processes employing ethylene oxide gas as the sterilizing agent, either as pure ethylene oxide gas or mixtures of this gas with diluent gases, at sterilizing temperatures within the range of 29 °C to 65 °C.

NOTE 1 Requirements for validation and control of ethylene oxide sterilization processes are provided by ISO 11135 and ISO 14937.

NOTE 2 National or regional regulations can provide requirements for work place safety.

Replaced standards (1)
ISO 11138-2:2006
July 2006
International standard Cancelled
Sterilization of health care products - Biological indicators - Part 2 : biological indicators for ethylene oxide sterilization processes

<p>ISO 11138-2:2006 provides specific requirements for test organisms, suspensions, inoculated carriers, biological indicators and test methods intended for use in assessing the performance of sterilizers and sterilization processes employing ethylene oxide gas as the sterilizing agent, either as pure ethylene oxide gas or mixtures of this gas with diluent gases, at sterilizing temperatures within the range of 29 °C to 65 °C.</p>

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