NF EN ISO 14937

NF EN ISO 14937

December 2009
Standard Current

Sterilization of health care products - General requirements for characterization of a sterilizing agent and the development, validation and routine control of a sterilization process for medical devices

ISO 14937:2009 specifies general requirements for the characterization of a sterilizing agent and for the development, validation and routine monitoring and control of a sterilization process for medical devices.It applies to sterilization processes in which microorganisms are inactivated by physical and/or chemical means and is intended to be applied by process developers, manufacturers of sterilization equipment, manufacturers of medical devices to be sterilized, and organizations responsible for sterilizing medical devices.ISO 14937:2009 specifies the elements of a Quality Management System which are necessary to assure the appropriate characterization of the sterilizing agent, development, validation and routine monitoring and control of a sterilization process.

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National standards and national normative documents

Publication date

December 2009

Number of pages

56 p.

Reference

NF EN ISO 14937

ICS Codes

11.080.01   Sterilization and disinfection in general

Classification index

S98-115

Print number

1 - 08/12/2009

International kinship

European kinship

EN ISO 14937:2009
Sumary
Sterilization of health care products - General requirements for characterization of a sterilizing agent and the development, validation and routine control of a sterilization process for medical devices

ISO 14937:2009 specifies general requirements for the characterization of a sterilizing agent and for the development, validation and routine monitoring and control of a sterilization process for medical devices.

It applies to sterilization processes in which microorganisms are inactivated by physical and/or chemical means and is intended to be applied by process developers, manufacturers of sterilization equipment, manufacturers of medical devices to be sterilized, and organizations responsible for sterilizing medical devices.

ISO 14937:2009 specifies the elements of a Quality Management System which are necessary to assure the appropriate characterization of the sterilizing agent, development, validation and routine monitoring and control of a sterilization process.

Replaced standards (1)
NF EN ISO 14937
March 2001
Standard Cancelled
Sterilization of health care products - General requirements for characterization of a sterilizing agent and the development, validation and routine control of a sterilizing process for medical devices

La présente Norme internationale spécifie les exigences générales pour la caractérisation d'un agent stérilisant et pour le développement, la validation et le contrôle de routine d'un procédé de stérilisation pour les dispositifs médicaux. La présente Norme internationale s'applique aux procédés de stérilisation dans lesquels des microorganismes sont inactivés par un moyen physique et/ou chimique. La présente Norme internationale n'est pas applicable aux procédés qui reposent uniquement sur l'élimination physique des micro-organismes (par exemple filtration). La présente Norme internationale ne décrit pas de modes opératoires d'essai détaillés pour évaluer l'inactivation microbienne. La présente Norme internationale est destinée à être appliquée par les responsables de l'élaboration des procédés, les fabricants d'équipements de stérilisation, les fabricants de dispositifs médicaux à stériliser et l'organisme responsable de la stérilisation du dispositif médical. La présente Norme internationale n'annule ni ne modifie les Normes internationales publiées relatives à des procédés de stérilisation particuliers. NOTE 1 Bien que le domaine d'application de la présente Norme internationale soit limité aux dispositifs médicaux, les principes décrits peuvent s'appliquer à d'autres produits de santé. NOTE 2 Il n'y a pas lieu de supposer que les procédés de stérilisation validés et contrôlés conformément aux exigences de la présente Norme internationale sont efficaces pour inactiver les agents responsables des encéphalopathies spongiformes, telles que la tremblante du mouton, l'encéphalopathie spongiforme bovine et la maladie de Creutzfeld-Jakob. Des recommandations spécifiques ont été préparées dans certains pays pour le traitement des matériaux potentiellement contaminés par ces agents.

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