Customer Support: 131 242

i2i Intertek.com
  • There are no items in your cart
We noticed you’re not on the correct regional site. Switch to our AMERICAS site for the best experience.
Go to AMERICAS site
Dismiss alert
Please enter a keyword to search
Advanced search

BS EN ISO 15882:2008

Current
Current

The latest, up-to-date edition.

Sterilization of health care products. Chemical indicators. Guidance for selection, use and interpretation of results
Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Language(s)

English

Published date

31-01-2009

Publisher

British Standards Institution

Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Terms and definitions
3 General considerations
4 Classes of chemical indicator
   4.1 General
   4.2 Class 1: Process indicators
   4.3 Class 2: Indicators for use in specific tests
   4.4 Class 3: Single variable indicators
   4.5 Class 4: Multi-variable indicators
   4.6 Class 5: Integrating indicators
   4.7 Class 6: Emulating indicators
5 Selection of chemical indicators
6 Use of chemical indicators
   6.1 Class 1 process indicators
   6.2 Class 2 indicators
   6.3 Class 3, 4, 5 and 6 indicators
   6.4 Indicators for use with process challenge devices
7 Interpretation of results from chemical indicators
   7.1 General
   7.2 Chemical indicator responses
   7.3 Chemical indicators showing "fail" response
8 Chemical indicators in sterility assurance procedures
   8.1 General
   8.2 Record keeping
9 Personnel training
10 Storage and handling
11 Labelling
   11.1 General
   11.2 Indicator marking
   11.3 Process marking
   11.4 Package marking
Annex A (informative) - Background on the Bowie and Dick test
Annex B (informative) - Explanation of the terms "parameter"
        and "variable"
Annex C (informative) - Rationale for the requirements for
        integrating indicators and the link to requirements
        for biological indicators (BIs) specified in the
        ISO 11138 series and microbial inactivation (derived
        from ISO 11140-1)
Annex D (informative) - Specifications for porosity
Annex E (informative) - Figure showing relationship of indicator
        Components
Bibliography

Describes guidance for the selection, use and interpretation of results of chemical indicators used in process definition, validation and routine monitoring and overall control of sterilization processes.

1.1 This International Standard provides guidance for the selection, use and interpretation of results of chemical indicators used in process definition, validation and routine monitoring and overall control of sterilization processes. This International Standard applies to indicators that show exposure to sterilization processes by means of physical and/or chemical change of substances, and which are used to monitor one or more of the variables required of a sterilization process. These chemical indicators are not dependent for their action on the presence or absence of a living organism.

1.2 This International Standard does not consider indicators for use in those processes that rely on physical removal of microorganisms, e.g. filtration.

1.3 This International Standard is not intended to apply to indicators for use in combination processes, for example, washer disinfectors or CIP (cleaning in place) and SIP (sterilization in place).

Committee
CH/198
DevelopmentNote
Supersedes 00/121157 DC (04/2003) Supersedes 05/30138310 DC. (01/2009)
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
40
PublisherName
British Standards Institution
Status
Current
Supersedes

ISO 11137-1:2006 Sterilization of health care products Radiation Part 1: Requirements for development, validation and routine control of a sterilization process for medical devices
ISO 5636-3:2013 Paper and board — Determination of air permeance (medium range) — Part 3: Bendtsen method
ISO 11138-3:2017 Sterilization of health care products — Biological indicators — Part 3: Biological indicators for moist heat sterilization processes
EN 285:2015 Sterilization - Steam sterilizers - Large sterilizers
ISO/TS 17665-2:2009 Sterilization of health care products — Moist heat — Part 2: Guidance on the application of ISO 17665-1
ISO 14937:2009 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
AAMI ST46 : 4ED 2002 STEAM STERILIZATION AND STERILITY ASSURANCE IN HEALTH CARE FACILITIES
ISO 11140-3:2007 Sterilization of health care products — Chemical indicators — Part 3: Class 2 indicator systems for use in the Bowie and Dick-type steam penetration test
EN 14180:2014 Sterilizers for medical purposes - Low temperature steam and formaldehyde sterilizers - Requirements and testing
ISO 11138-2:2017 Sterilization of health care products — Biological indicators — Part 2: Biological indicators for ethylene oxide sterilization processes
ISO 11135-1:2007 Sterilization of health care products Ethylene oxide Part 1: Requirements for development, validation and routine control of a sterilization process for medical devices
ISO 11140-1:2014 Sterilization of health care products Chemical indicators Part 1: General requirements
ISO 18472:2006 Sterilization of health care products Biological and chemical indicators Test equipment
ISO 5636-5:2013 Paper and board — Determination of air permeance (medium range) — Part 5: Gurley method
ISO 11140-4:2007 Sterilization of health care products — Chemical indicators — Part 4: Class 2 indicators as an alternative to the Bowie and Dick-type test for detection of steam penetration
ISO 8601:2004 Data elements and interchange formats Information interchange Representation of dates and times
ISO/TS 11139:2006 Sterilization of health care products Vocabulary
EN 15424:2007 Sterilization of medical devices - Low temperature steam and formaldehyde - Requirements for development, validation and routine control of a sterilization process for medical devices
ISO 9001:2015 Quality management systems — Requirements
ISO 11140-5:2007 Sterilization of health care products — Chemical indicators — Part 5: Class 2 indicators for Bowie and Dick-type air removal tests
ISO/TS 11135-2:2008 Sterilization of health care products Ethylene oxide Part 2: Guidance on the application of ISO 11135-1
ISO 14161:2009 Sterilization of health care products Biological indicators Guidance for the selection, use and interpretation of results
ISO 11138-5:2017 Sterilization of health care products — Biological indicators — Part 5: Biological indicators for low-temperature steam and formaldehyde sterilization processes
ISO 17665-1:2006 Sterilization of health care products — Moist heat — Part 1: Requirements for the development, validation and routine control of a sterilization process for medical devices

View more information
$478.43
Including GST where applicable
AUD
CAD
CHF
CNY
DKK
EUR
GBP
HKD
IDR
INR
JPY
KRW
MXN
NOK
NZD
SEK
SGD
USD
ZAR
Hardcopy - English
PDF - English
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50

Access your standards online with a subscription

Features

  • Simple online access to standards, technical information and regulations.

  • Critical updates of standards and customisable alerts and notifications.

  • Multi-user online standards collection: secure, flexible and cost effective.

Learn more on subscription solutions

or

Get in touch with us

Need help?
Call us on 131 242, then click here to start a Screen Sharing session
so we can help right away! Learn more