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ANSI/AAMI/ISO 11138-2:2017

Superseded

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STERILIZATION OF HEALTH CARE PRODUCTS - BIOLOGICAL INDICATORS - PART 2: BIOLOGICAL INDICATORS FOR ETHYLENE OXIDE STERILIZATION PROCESSES

Available format(s)

PDF

Language(s)

English

Published date

01-08-2017

Superseded date

20-04-2024

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Summarise this standard

Glossary of equivalent standards
Committee representation
Background of AAMI adoption of
 ISO 11138-2:2017
Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 General requirements
5 Test organism
6 Suspension
7 Carrier and primary packaging
8 Inoculated carriers and biological indicators
9 Population and resistance
Annex A (normative) - Method for determination
        of resistance to ethylene oxide
        sterilization
Annex B (informative) - Rationale for the inclusion
        of a second minimum D value specification
        as a result of changes to the test gas used
        to evaluate resistance and deletion of the
        requirement for a minimum D value at
        30 degrees C
Bibliography

Describes 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 degrees C to 65 degrees C.

Committee
ISO/TC 98
DevelopmentNote
Supersedes AAMI ST21. (05/2006)
DocumentType
Standard
ISBN
978-1-57020-679-5
Pages
18
PublisherName
Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation
Status
Superseded
SupersededBy
Supersedes

Standards Relationship
ISO 11138-2:2017 Identical

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